Kenya’s power imports from Uganda up 281pc

Workers fix a street light on an power pole in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County. file photo | nmg

Kenya’s electricity imports from Uganda have grown 281 per cent in the six months to June as drought cut local generation of hydro-electric power by a third or 615.69 million kilowatt hours.

Kenya imported 131.6 million kilowatt hours (kWh) from Uganda in the first half of this year compared to 34.5 million units in the same period last year — marking a 281 per cent growth, according to official data.

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