The Government is encouraging private sector participation in the generation of electricity. This is attributed to low consumption of electricity arising from power rationing that begun from September 1998, as a result of drought. The increase was a result of the Government's continued efforts to encourage more investments in power generation and distribution. Installed capacity for hydro based and geothermal based electricity remained at previous year's levels of 599.5 MW and 45.0 MW respectively. Water and Sewerage For industrial and domestic purposes, water is supplied by local authorities and other licensed suppliers.
Major towns provide sewerage and drainage systems for residential and business use.
Because of increasing demand, the various local authorities are undertaking major investments to boost water supply. The multi-million dollar Third Nairobi Water Supply Project with a capacity of 70 million cubic metres has been completed. There are three English dailies, one Kiswahili daily, and several English and Kiswahili weeklies. A large selection of foreign newspapers and magazines are also available. Radio operates in English, Kiswahili and several vernacular languages.