The Kenyan government will convert 20.2 billion shillings ($200.4 million) of debt owed by the
East African nation’s biggest electricity producer into equity as part of a rights offer that’s the
largest in the region.
The Kenya Electricity Generating Co. Ltd., known as KenGen, is asking investors for 28.8 billion
shillings to help finance 720 megawatts of new production capacity over the next four years.
Other shareholders apart from the government are expected to raise 8.6 billion shillings, Chief
Executive Officer Albert Mugo said at the start of the cash call.
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