
His Majesty King Charles III in October embarked on a state visit to Kenya, his first official visit outside of Europe since ascending the throne in September 2022. He was hosted by His Excellency President Dr William Ruto and toured various sites across the country as part of a busy program.

D&S Technical Division under Director Philip Holi have collaborated with key partner Huawei to host an event at D&S Tatu for the solar EPC Industry (Engineering, Procurement and Construction).

D&S has successfully supplied and installed state-of-the-art pool filtration and heating equipment at Glee Hotel, a prestigious 5-star luxury establishment located in the serene suburb of Runda, in proximity to Nairobi's UN and Diplomatic enclaves.

D&S Westlands has completed the successful integration of essential systems in the equipping of a comprehensive project at Gathura Investment's prestigious apartment block in the Pangani area.

September is the beginning of our Company year which commences with the recently held Annual Conference where we review the concluding year and establish priorities for the forthcoming one, the theme for the year ahead being 'Finding New Ways' . We live in turbulent times with both international and national events causing considerable concern and, like many companies some of last year's targets will be missed, though there has also been progress in many areas, particularly developments in the International Business Division, the Distribution Centre in Zambia and some growth has been achieved.

Long accepted as the region's central reference for water and energy products and solutions, the latest version of the Product Manual was unveiled in September at the annual Management Conference. Now in its 15th edition and expanded to 400 pages, approximately 100,000 copies have been issued since its inception, the 2024 Manual is the most comprehensive yet and includes over 70 new and updated Datasheets.

As is the tradition at Davis & Shirtliff, great efforts are made to supply partners with the latest, most advanced and most efficient products and solutions available. In this years' 2024 Product Manual, significant product initiatives from Dayliff include the DSmart and DBE ranges of intelligent pumping solutions, the Sunverter 4 smart pumping inverter, the Econo range of quality value items and the revolutionary DSX permanent magnet high frequency borehole pumping range.