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Kenya: State Firms Now Largest Kenya Power Defaulters
Nation, 3 September 2020
State agencies top the list of main electricity bills defaulters, which have driven Kenya Power to the edge, the Nation can reveal. Read more »
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Kenya: Renewable Energy Is the Key to Cheaper Electricity in Kenya
Greenpeace, 25 August 2020
As the country strives to meet the goal of universal access to electricity, huge development needs to take place in Kenya's energy sector. In a recently planned tariff review, the… Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Power to Roll Out County Structures to Enhance Service Delivery
Capital FM, 26 August 2020
Kenya Power says it is planning to roll out a county structure, to devolve its key functions to enhance its responsiveness to existing and emerging customer needs. Read more »
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Kenya: Five Kenya Power Independent Directors Resign
Capital FM, 14 July 2020
Five Independent directors at the Kenya Power board have resigned. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Power Employees Attacked for Disconnecting Power 'During COVID-19'
Nairobi News, 24 June 2020
Two Kenya Power employees who were disconnecting power in Umoja estate and its environs over unpaid bills were forced to flee for their dear lives after residents were outraged by… Read more »
State Firms Reportedly Largest Kenya Power Defaulters
Confidential documents shared among energy stakeholders reportedly show that parastatals, national and county governments have a pending electricity bill of over U.S.$43 million as at the end of June 2020. The government has also accumulated billions in deficit for the money meant to fill the gap left by lower tariffs for rural customers under the Rural Electrification Scheme. The debt by government agencies now adds to the pain of pending payments for Kenya Power which has been worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic.
InFocus
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The government paid millions in penalties due to the delayed completion of the 430-kilometre high-voltage power line from the Lake Turkana wind turbines to Suswa sub-station in ... Read more »
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Denmark-based firm, Vestas, has disclosed that American technology giant Google has withdrawn from buying a stake in Lake Turkana Wind Power after delays in the setting-up of the ... Read more »
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The plant, boasting of 365 wind turbines with a capacity of 850 kilovolts each, will deliver 310 megawatts of clean energy to the national grid. Read more »
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The new tariffs will cut the cost of electricity from U.S.$0,18 per kilowatt hour to U.S.$0,17 per kilowatt, an overall reduction of 6%. Apollo Mboya, a lawyer who is leading a ... Read more »
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Complaints are rife from power consumers in the country regarding high charges by the national electricity distributor, Kenya Power, raising concerns on whether the transformation ... Read more »
