By Siena Anstis / The Independent Uganda / Tuesday, 11 August 2009
At Uganda Talks we welcome guest articles from our readers. These can be on any issue of your choosing. Today, Siena Anstis, a regional communications fellow with Aga Khan Foundation Canada, reports on an innovative hydro power project in Kirinyaga in the Central Province of Kenya:
The idea of supplying hydro power to poor communities came to Nyaga Ndiga after hours spent by the river grinding millet. He was inspired to try the same concept – friction – to produce energy. In a country where only four per cent of the population can afford electricity, Ndiga was uncovering an untapped market: cheap, sustainable, community-owned rural electricity.
Read at http://www.independent.co.ug
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Construction of Hydro power plants by AKDN will be a very useful step in Kenya as hydel power is very cheap than thermal and other types of power plants morerover there is no any problem of environmental pollution.
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