Kenya Power drops push to increase bills

Kenya Power chief executive Bernard Ngugi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya Power #ticker:KPLC has dropped the push to increase bills by up to a fifth, shifting its focus to lowering costs, curbing electricity theft and recovery of unpaid bills amounting to over Sh27 billion.

The electricity distributor reckons it has identified a reduction of capacity charges – paid to power firms regardless of generation – as one of the key actions that will pull it out of deep losses and bring down electricity bills.

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