Speaking during the launch of the project at the maximum correctional facility on Tuesday, the Principal Secretary in the state department of Correctional Services Dr. Salome Muhia - Beacco said the project will see a reduction in the costs of power at the facility by over 70 per cent.
“Our monthly power bills here are going to reduce by Sh.100,000 to 300, 000 every month but we want to cut these power bills to zero so that we can channel that money to other pressing needs,” Dr. Beacco stated.
She noted that Kisumu Maximum Prison, Kodiaga, is one of the facilities where her department is running many projects aimed at improving the lives of inmates and power is key in these projects.
“We need power for our cottage industries and other projects to run effectively without interruption and we have a policy to go green in order to save our environment,” Beacco said.
