03
Nov
Surprise Books Donation Gets Swift Response
University students under the KenGen education scholarship program are set to benefit from books donated to the Foundation by Senior Engineer Edison Ochieng from KenGen’s Strategy and Business Performance Division on 30 October. Edison Ochieng, a former electrical engineering student at the University of Nairobi, said that after not getting any response on Facebook for... Read More
18
Oct
A Different Life Experience for a KenGen Scholarship Recipient
Campus life is never without challenges, especially when you come from a humble background. Gone are the days of free meals at the mess, when senior comrades welcomed ‘freshers’ into the system. Nowadays, the competition to join a university…any university, and complete the full course is a do-or-die affair, despite the current strained economic situation... Read More
07
Oct
Megawatt Café First outing Leaves Olkaria Givers Craving for more
Olkaria Givers got a taste of the unique Megawatt Café cuisine during the cocktail held by the Foundation to appreciate the power stations ‘staff who have subscribed to the Employee Giver Initiative. The colourful reception was held on 5 October at Olkaria’s Geothermal Plaza grounds. This was the first time the new café catered outside... Read More
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