A visit to Sondu Miriu HEP plant was worth every shilling. From Kisumu town it looked like an all weather road on a hill, but the marvel that awaited me was just breath taking. Here's a bit of its background. Water was diverted from the Sondu river at the Intake through a 6.2 km long tunnel. A surface mounted penstock then takes the water down the Nyakach escarpment to the Power Station below. In the Powerhouse, harnessing the water and the head, the turbines are turned to generate the electricity. The water is then returned to the Sondu river approximately 13km downstream of the intake via a 4.7km long Outlet Channel.
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