Paul Njuguna, a retired technical manager at the Agricultural Development Corporation, invested Ksh 16 million in 2019 to set up Elgon Pine, a refined oil and animal feed plant in Eldoret. At its peak, the plant processed 90 tonnes of canola, sunflower, and soya annually, with capacity for 300 tonnes. Njuguna contracted about 100 farmers who supplied raw materials, while he also farmed 10 acres himself.
The business also produced poultry feeds and soap from crop by-products.
The venture collapsed after Kenya Power slapped him with a Ksh 400,000 bill in August 2021, compared to his usual monthly bill of about Ksh 30,000. Njuguna disputed it as an error and filed a complaint, but Kenya Power claimed underbilling and refused to adjust. When he failed to pay, Kenya Power disconnected electricity to both his plant and home. Though EPRA ruled in his favour and ordered reconnection, the power was never restored, forcing him to shut down operations.
The shutdown affected the entire value chain - contracted farmers, suppliers, and employees - all of whom lost income. Njuguna now questions whether the disconnection was deliberate sabotage and why Kenya does little to protect small industrial ventures. His case has raised concerns about how utility billing errors and slow dispute resolution can destroy promising local businesses and the livelihoods tied to them.
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Jeff Koinange: Let me ask you this. Since you're opening up about this facility in Nanyuki, and given all the controversy surrounding it, would you allow Citizen TV to film there so Kenyans can see what it's really like? Or is it top secret?
CS Aden Duale: That's something you would need to write to me about.
Jeff: Come on, I'm asking you formally on live television.
Duale: For your own safety and public safety, access to all our facilities follows a procedure. We can facilitate a visit, but you would first need training and preparation to cover such a story.
Jeff: So when can we go? There's no ongoing operation right now. We can simply film the facility and show the country what's there.
Duale: I can take you to Kenyatta.
Jeff: I don't want to go to Kenyatta. I want to go to Nanyuki.
Duale: What's the difference between Kenyatta and Nanyuki?
Jeff: The facilities in Nanyuki are supposedly for the Americans and other foreigners.
Duale: They're not there.
Jeff: Then let me go and see for myself.
Duale: If you want to see how prepared our facilities are, you don't need to go very far. Just walk to Kenyatta.
Jeff: You're being very opaque.
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This is linked to the school system. I'll explain how.
So, if this young entrepreneur is harassed like this for starting a business, it means that the only hope for Kenyans not being harassed is to be employed in a white collar job.
To get such a job, you need school certificates.
The jobs are scarce, so you need to excel in exams.
To excel in exams, you need to cram the whole day and sleep for a few hours on empty stomachs.
Meanwhile the Micro and medium size Enterprise has a whole institution sitting for meetings and doing tours (presumably with per diems).
Lakini nani kama sisi? Tuliamua shida ni 8.4.4. is not practical enough. Sawa.
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Two presidents. Same region. Completely different attitudes toward public money.
President Samia Suluhu arrived in Russia aboard an Air Tanzania aircraft.
President William Ruto, meanwhile, flew to South Africa on an expensive chartered private jet.
Two East African presidents. Two very different choices.
What's difficult to understand is why a costly charter was necessary when Kenya has a presidential jet and commercial options. In fact, a Kenya Airways flight to South Africa was departing around the same time.
Why should taxpayers shoulder the extra cost?
Another interesting development is that this is President Samia's first major trip since her re-election, and she chose Russia.
Given Tanzania's rising fuel and fertilizer costs, many will be watching closely to see whether energy, trade, or agricultural cooperation is high on the agenda.
What do you think: is the use of chartered jets by Ruto justified? Someone on TV47 yesterday said, sometimes leaders who grew up in poverty tend to be this greedy.