JOHANNESBURG--July 5, 2012--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--In a move to help state-owned Kenya Power (Nairobi) reach its target of increasing electricity access to 50% of Kenyans by 2020, the company has awarded contracts to KEC International (BSE:532714) (Mumbai, India) and Siemens (India) AG (NYSE:SI) (Munich, Germany) for power distribution improvement projects, which will increase connections around the country.