05
Sep
Schools’ Greening Project Lauded During Melia Workshop
The Schools Green Initiative Challenge impressed participants attending a two-day workshop on dry-land agroforestry organized by the Foundation’s project partner Better Globe Forestry at the University of Nairobi Kabete campus on 24 – 25 August. Representatives from the University of Ghent (Belgium), University of Nairobi, Kenya Forestry Research Institute, International Center for Research in Agroforestry/... Read More
02
Sep
Tullow Oil Hosts KenGen Foundation
With temperatures averaging 35 degrees, Turkana County is hot and dry. The sparsely populated terrain, dotted with arid land shrubs and bushes, creates an illusion of emptiness, only broken by lone herdsmen with goats and camels searching for pasture and water. But Turkana is nothing but empty. The KenGen Foundation team had a rare opportunity... Read More
17
Aug
Hardwork Pays Off for KenGen Education Scholarship Alumni
Four alumni of the KenGen Education Scholarship program are set to join the company’s work force after graduating last year with first class degrees in relevant subjects in accordance with KenGen’s CSI policy. Bernard Musyoki Wambua from Maseno University, Timothy Kimanthi Mwalali from Technical University of Kenya, Rolex Awuor Rang’ang’ah from University of Eldoret, and... Read More
10
Jul
New Givers Sign Up at the 5th G2G Innovation Seminar
The KenGen Foundation’s desk was a beehive of activities as fifteen new ‘Givers’ subscribed to the KenGen Employee Giver Initiative during this year’s G2G Innovation seminar held at Enashipai Resort and Spa from 3-7 July. Participants and delegates stopped by to inquire, and find out more about how they could get involved in the Company’s... Read More
27
Jun
An Adrenalin-filled Adventure during Foundation’s Team Building
The Foundation’s Team spirit grew ten-fold even as the members’ muscles were stretched to the limit during a 4-day team building session held in Mount Kenya region from 12 to 16 June. Apart from evaluating the organization’s goals and objectives and their alignment with the Company’s overall long-term strategy, the session gave the team a... Read More
26
Jun
KenGen Scoops Best Corporate (State Agency) Tree Growing And Forest Conservation Award
KenGen scooped First Position in the Best Corporate Category (State Agency) to emerge the overall winner in recognition of its exceptional performance during the Kenya Forest Service inaugural Tree Growing and Forest Conservation award ceremony on 26 June. H.E. First Lady Margaret Kenyatta graced this premier event, geared towards creating awareness among Kenyans on the... Read More
10
May
GIC Expansion Project Enters Phase III with 99 New Schools
99 new schools joined the Schools’ Green Initiative Challenge Expansion Project during the launch of Phase III of the afforestation competition at a colorful ceremony held at Tulimyumbu Primary School, Machakos County on 5 May. This bring to 219 the number of schools currently involved in the tree-planting project implemented by the KenGen Foundation in... Read More
26
Apr
48 Students Awarded KenGen Education Scholarships 2017
23 secondary schools students and 25 university students are the new beneficiaries of the KenGen Education Scholarships program after they were presented with the awards in a colourful ceremony held at Starehe Boys Centre on 25 April. This is the twelfth batch that KenGen has awarded education scholarships. Hosted by the KenGen Foundation, the scholarships... Read More
14
Apr
Central Office Boosts Givers numbers
The KenGen Employee Giver Initiative has welcomed 60 new subscribers from the Central Office during the recruitment drive carried out last week. And in a befitting appreciation, the Foundation hosted the old and new members to a colourful cocktail held at the 11th floor of KenGen Pension Plaza 2 on April 12 This brings the... Read More
12
Apr
Foundation Engages Community over Ndula Museum
The Thika East community together with the area leaders attended a briefing session on the proposed conversion of the historic Ndula Power to a museum held at Kolping Vocational Training Centre, Kilimambogo on April 11. The briefing was made by a team from KenGen, KenGen Foundation and the National Museums of Kenya. The three parties... Read More