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How drones helped ‘save’ Turkana power project

Turbines at Lake Turkana Wind Power farm at Sarima, near Lake Turkana in Laisamis, Marsabit County. [Ali Abdi/Standard]

The use of new technology has been credited with completion of the Loiyangalani-Suswa line, saving taxpayers billions of shillings in monthly penalties.

The 433.96km line from Loiyangalani in Turkana to Suswa in Narok was completed in a record seven months after the Spanish company that had initially won the contract went bankrupt, exposing Kenyans to a Sh1 billion monthly penalty for delays in evacuating power to the national grid.

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