Farmers are saying goodbye to blackouts and power bills
THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD Kelvin Maina Njuguna considers himself a 'full-time farmer'. He rears cows, pigs, goats, and chickens on his one-and-a-half-acre farm in Kiambu County, about 25 kilometres from Nairobi, selling meat products through three butcheries, while also growing avocados and passion fruit. Njuguna prides himself on being an 'innovative farmer who thinks outside the box'. That extends to his power consumption. "I produce electricity from animal wastes in large quantities daily and save lots of money on monthly power bills. Besides saving money, I rely one hundred per cent on green energy," said Njuguna. "I rarely experience issues like power blackouts…
