Utilities
Water, Electricity & Telecommunication
Water
Mombasa County heavily depend on water sources from outside the County for its portable needs. The water received from Mzizima, Baricho, Marere and Tiwi together accounts for 45600 m3d. Apart from these, the County also sources its Water from 452 shallow wells spread across the county, three permanent springs, four water pans and a number of borewells operated by private investors, NGOs and CBOs (10360 cubic meters per day). The water from these sources is saline, just meeting the acceptable levels. Maximum depth that can be drilled to access ground water ranges from 50-60 meters. The water is supplied through the following six main water supply schemes including Kisauni, Nyali, Island North, Island South, Likoni and Mainland West.
Water Rationing
|
AREA |
DAYS RECEIVING WATER |
|
Kisauni |
Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday |
|
Island |
Monday , Thursday, Friday |
|
Nyali |
Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday Green wood area - Monday, Thursday, Friday |
|
Likoni |
· Shika adabu, Ujamaa, Corner Mpya, Corner ya Zamani, Flats: - Monday, Wednesday, Friday · Shelly Beach area Receives water at night only on: Monday, Wednesday, Friday |
|
West mainland |
· Chaani, Migadini, Umoja, Changamwe: Monday, Thursday, Sunday · Magongo, Soweto, Dolphin: - Sunday, Tuesday · Mikindani, Miritini, Jomvu: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday |
Water Tariffs
|
Type of Customer |
Approved Tariff(Ksh./m3) |
|
Domestic/residential |
|
|
Consumption Block |
|
|
0 - 6m3 |
Flat Rate Ksh. 450.00 |
|
7 - 20m3 |
85.00 |
|
21 - 50m3 |
105.00 |
|
51 - 100m3 |
140.00 |
|
101 - 300m3 |
180.00 |
|
>300m3 |
200.00 |
|
Commercial/Industrial/Government |
|
|
Consumption Block |
|
|
0 - 6m3 |
75.00 |
|
7 - 20m3 |
85.00 |
|
21 - 50m3 |
105.00 |
|
51 - 100m3 |
140.00 |
|
101-300m3 |
180.00 |
|
> 300m3 |
200.00 |
|
Schools |
|
|
Consumption Block |
|
|
0 - 600m3 |
85.00 |
|
601 - 1200m3 |
100.00 |
|
> 1200m3 |
240.00 |
|
Water Kiosk |
35.00 |
Electricity
Mombasa County is home to the 115MW Kipevu III Power Plant, with the Rabai Power Plant providing an additional 90MW around 15km from Mombasa’s industrial area. Reliability of power in the Coast region has improved 85% in the last 3 years, and an additional 800MW Power Plant is planned for the Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zones (SEZ).
Power Generation in Mombasa.
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Kipevu Power Plant Kipevu I: 75MW Kipevu II: 74MW Kipevu III: 120MW
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Rabai Power Plant: 90MW
Total Generation: 359MW Peak demand: 225MW
The Bulk Supply Point (BSP) substations in Mombasa:
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Kipevu Hill Top 90MVA
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New Bamburi 68MVA
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Rabai 90MV
Cost of Power
|
Method |
|
Volts |
Units |
Energy Charges in KSH |
|
DC- Lifeline |
Applicable to Domestic consumers |
240-415 |
10 |
12.00 |
|
DC- Ordinary |
Applicable to Domestic consumers |
240-415 |
10-15000 |
15.80 |
|
SC |
Applicable to Non-domestic small commercial consumers |
240-415 |
15000 |
15.60 |
|
CI1 |
Applicable to commercial and Industrial consumers. 3 phase four-wire |
415 |
>15000 |
12.00 Unit Consumed. 6.00 per unit during off-peak hours. Demand charge of 800.00 per kVA |
|
CI2 |
Applicable to Commercial and Industrial consumers |
11000 |
|
10.90 unit consumed. 5.45 per unit during off-peak hours. Demand charge of 520.00 per kVA |
|
CI3 |
Applicable to Commercial and Industrial consumers |
33000 |
|
10.50 unit consumed. 5.25 per unit supply during off-peak hours. Demand charge of 270.00 per kVA |
|
CI4 |
Applicable to Commercial and Industrial consumers |
66000 |
|
10.30 per unit consumed. 5.15 per unit supply during off-peak hours. Demand charge of 220.00 per kVA |
|
CI5 |
Applicable to Commercial and Industrial consumers |
132000 |
|
10.10 per unit consumed. 5.05 per unit supply during off-peak hours. Demand charge of 220.00 per kVA |
|
SL |
Applicable to public and County Government |
240-415 |
|
Energy charge of 7.50 per unit consumed. |
Telecommunication
Mombasa county has a large scale telecommunication Infrastructure development capable of delivering efficient and affordable info- communication services with 100% mobile coverage, several Internet Service Providers (ISPs), cyber cafes thus recognized as a critical pre-requisite for the country’s economic growth.
Mombasa has become a landing port for all undersea cables for other landlocked countries in East Africa. Through the construction of the optic submarine fibre cable which started on April 2009 and was fully operational in September 2009 linked Mombasa to the world via Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. This factor made the County an attractive location for international carries to inter-connect with the region.
In these recent years Telecommunication sector
has undergone rapid dynamism to the extent that its performance has a direct
correlation with various other sectors such as banking and transport thus
becoming a fundamental driver of the County’s economy.
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