A worker at the Masinga water catchments, which serves three power stations in Machakos District, walks at the plant December 8, 2006. Kenya's sole electricity distributor, the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC), said on Friday its pretax profits for the year to June 2006 has risen by 26 percent, boosted by an increase in demand for power and a booming economy. KPLC posted a pretax profit of 2.49 billion Kenya shillings ($35.70 million) compared with 1.9 billion shillings the previous year.
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