Kenya Electricity Transmission Company

Kenya Electricity Transmission Company, commonly referred to as KETRACO, is a parastatal company which serves as the Transmission System Operator in Kenya.
Location.
The headquarters of KETRACO are located at Kawi Complex, Block B,
Popo Lane, Off Red Cross Road, in South C, in the southern part of the city of Nairobi, Kenya's capital. The geographical coordinates of the company headquarters are:01°19'29.0"S, 36°49'58.0"E (Latitude:-1.324722; Longitude:36.832778).
Overview.
Before 2008, bulk transmission in Kenya as carried out by Kenya Power and Lighting Company, a private liability company. In 2008, KETRACO was formed and made responsible for bulk electricity transmission in the country. It is mandated to "plan, design, construct, own, operate and maintain high voltage electricity transmission grids, as well as the regional interconnectors". It is responsible for high voltage lines and substations with 132kV and above.
KETRACO maintains electricity grid networks and transformers of 132kV, 220kV, 400kV and 500kV. The company is also responsible for designing, building and maintaining interconnectors with neighboring foreign countries. This allows Kenya to sell to, buy from or transmit electricity between her neighbors and to participate in the Eastern Africa Power Pool.
As of December 2017, KETRACO had completed the construction of of high voltage electricity lines in the country. At that time, a total of of high voltage electricity lines were under implementation.