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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C.  20549
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                       Amendment No. 41 to
                                
                         SCHEDULE 14D-9
                                
        Solicitation/Recommendation Statement Pursuant to
     Section 14(d)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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                KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
                    (Name of Subject Company)
                                
                KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
                (Name of Person Filing Statement)
                                
                   Common Stock, no par value
                 (Title of Class of Securities)
                          ____________
                                
                            485134100
              (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
                          ____________
                                
                     Jeanie Sell Latz, Esq.
            Senior Vice President-Corporate Services
                Kansas City Power & Light Company
                           1201 Walnut
                Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2124
                         (816) 556-2200
    (Name, address and telephone number of person authorized
         to receive notice and communications on behalf
                 of the person filing statement)
                          ____________
                                
                            Copy to:
                                
                    Nancy A. Lieberman, Esq.
              Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
                        919 Third Avenue
                    New York, New York  10022
                         (212) 735-3000
                                
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     This statement amends and supplements the
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 of Kansas
City Power & Light Company, a Missouri corporation ("KCPL"),
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") on July 9, 1996, as amended, (the "Schedule 14D-
9"), with respect to the exchange offer made by Western
Resources, Inc., a Kansas corporation ("Western Resources"), to
exchange Western Resources common stock, par value $5.00 per
share, for all of the outstanding shares of KCPL common stock, no
par value ("KCPL Common Stock"), on the terms and conditions set
forth in the prospectus of Western Resources dated July 3, 1996
and the related Letter of Transmittal.

     Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Schedule 14D-9.

Item 9.   Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

     The following Exhibit is filed herewith:

     Exhibit 116    Form of Notice of Withdrawal provided to KCPL
                    shareholders.
     
     
     
     

                            SIGNATURE

     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of her knowledge
and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set
forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct.

                    KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

                    By:  /s/Jeanie Sell Latz
                            Jeanie Sell Latz
                            Senior Vice President-Corporate Services

Dated:  September 24, 1996




                          EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.                     Description                      Page
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Exhibit 116   Form of Notice of Withdrawal provided to KCPL
              shareholders



                                                                Exhibit 116

                                    
                      [FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS ONLY]
                                    
                                    
                          NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL

TO:   Harris  Trust Company of New York, as Exchange Agent  for  Western
Resources,  Inc. ("Western"), in connection with Western's  Offer  dated
July  3,  1996 (the "Offer") to exchange shares of Western common  stock
for shares of common stock (the "Shares") of Kansas City Power and Light
Company ("KCPL").

      Pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Offer, the undersigned
hereby  withdraws  KCPL  Shares tendered  pursuant  to  the  Offer,  and
requests  that  certificates for said Shares be returned immediately  to
the  undersigned  at  the  address on the Letter  of  Transmittal  which
accompanied the tendered Shares.


                                 _______________________________________
                                 Name of person who tendered the
                                 Shares
                                                                        
                                 _______________________________________
                                 Number of Shares to be withdrawn
                                                                        
                                 _______________________________________
                                 Certificate Number(s)
                                                                        
                                 _______________________________________
                                 Name(s) of Registered Holder(s)
                                 (if different from that of the person
                                 who tendered the Shares)
                                                                        
                                 _______________________________________
                                 Signature(s)
                                                                        
                                 _______________________________________
                                 Date
                                                                        
                                 _______________________________________
                                 Signature(s) guaranteed by *
                                                                        
                                                                        
* The signature(s) on this notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an
Eligible Institution (as defined in the Offer).  Most banks, savings and
loan associations and brokerage houses are Eligible Institutions.

INSTRUCTIONS:    Please sign your name as it appeared on the  Letter  of
Transmittal  used to tender shares.  This form must be  sent  to  Harris
Trust  Company  of  New  York.  Please refer to the reverse side of this
notice for addresses.




                        HARRIS TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
     By Hand                  By Overnight Courier            By Mail

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77 Water Street, 5th Floor  New York, NY  10005         P.O. Box 1023
New York, NY  10005                                     New York, NY 10268-1023


                                    
                                Telephone Number
                                    
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                                 (212) 701-7618