There was a time pioneers who shaped Kenya’s infrastructure and industries dreamed big. The annals of history are full of such revolutionary dreams and although not all of them materialised, a number were actualised and, for a time, delivered Kenyans from darkness and want.

One such dream, which today might sound like a fanciful campaign promise, was a plan mooted by Kenya Co-operative Creameries 91 years ago to set up its own electricity generating system to power its factories and light up a number of towns.