User:Mbuthia1/Kindaruma notes

Kindaruma power station was the 1st major power station in independent Kenya. It was commissioned in 1968. It has two installed vertical Kaplan turbines and a space has been developed for a third unit. Power from Kindaruma is transmitted directly to Nairobi or to Kamburu via a 132KV substation. Kindaruma is a surface power station and so visitors have the luxury of observing flow of water out of the tailrace. The spillway has three vertical gates and the dam is equipped with an emergency spillway in case of excessively high floods.

The station is situated 170 km north east of Nairobi.