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KenGen has announced plans to pump an extra 5,500 Mega Watts of electricity into the national grid to deal with the rising demand for electricity
Government has done last mile electricity connections in a number of places. Traders in Ol-Kalou have also received a major boost after the Mirangine modern market was commissioned.
The government has yielded to public pressure and directed Kenya Power to withdraw an application it had made that would have seen power prices go up,.
Government withdraws retail power tariff proposal submitted by Kenya Power in March, in bid to shield Kenyans from higher electricity costs, Energy CS Wandayi says.
President William Ruto has set aside Sh4.1 billion to connect 17,000 households in Wajir County to the national grid.
Kenya is renegotiating power purchase agreements to phase out costly take-or-pay clauses and require renewable energy producers to invest in battery storage systems.
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