KPC officials said that the company had also made an increase in the volume of oil it transported, which totalled 3.6m cum in 2005/6; the company said that this was considerably higher than what it had planned. KPC chairman Mwanyengela Ngali told reporters in Nairobi that the growth was due to the increase in flow rates on the Nairobi-Mombasa line, combined with the increased demand of petroleum products across the region. "Our performance in the year 2005/6 is a reflection of a better focus on running a healthy core business, and adherence to strict and transparent procurement procedures, budgetary control, financial management, and cost-containment measures," Mr Ngali said. Economic analysts say the rising energy demands in the region have been buoyed by the energy crisis that has damaged the East African region since last year. A large amount of the region's electrical power is produced using diesel fuel, and Uganda, one of the countries most severely hit by the energy crisis, has had considerably to increase the number of generators it uses for this purpose. Small consumers have also resorted to the use of small-capacity power generators to supplement the dwindling electricity supply. Mr Ngali said that KPC is to spend over $145 million in modernization and extension work to increase its capacity, occasioned by the high demand for petroleum products across the region. In the next three to five years, the company's major projects will include construction of an oil jetty at Kisumu, possibly investment in equity participation in the Kenya-Uganda pipeline extension, and construction of an oil-storage depot in Kigali.