06
Oct
KenGen Foundation Ignites Olkaria during Giver Initiative Appreciation Ceremony
The KenGen Foundation wrapped up the Employee Giver Initiative recruitment exercise at Olkaria by registering 135 new Givers from the power stations from 2 to 5 October. This raised the number of the area Givers to 284. The Foundation team was warmly welcomed at Geothermal Plaza, the power stations and the rigs as Olkaria staff... Read More
29
Sep
Giver Numbers Hit 1,200 As 28 Eastern Hydros Staff Sign Up
The KenGen Employee Giver Initiative subscriptions now stand at 1,200 members after the Foundation team concluded a 2-day recruitment and appreciation exercise at Eastern Hydros from 13 – 14 September. The Foundation team was well received at the 7-Forks stations of Masinga, Kamburu, Gitaru, Kindaruma, and Kiambere with staff eager to learn more about how... Read More
22
Sep
GIC Phase III 2nd Capacity Building Addresses Project Challenges
The prevailing drought, coupled with poor seedlings management and destruction by livestock, is a major obstacle facing participating schools in phase III of the Schools Green Initiative Challenge (GIC), the KenGen Foundation found out during a 3-day capacity building workshop held at the semi-arid counties of Kitui, Machakos, and Embu from 11 – 13 September.... Read More
21
Sep
Giver Initiative Welcomes Upper Tana Champions
Upper Tana Givers unanimously elected Charity Ndwiga and Yusuf Issa as the area Champions during an elaborate luncheon held at the Upper Tana Community Hall to appreciate the station’s staff contributions to KenGen’s Corporate Social Investment efforts on 7 September. The event also saw 16 more staff members subscribe to the initiative, raising the total... Read More
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