Kenya Power has engaged the National Treasury to help it recover arrears owed to the utility by large consumers in which the government has a stake and has since run into financial headwinds rendering them unable to settle obligations for power consumed.
The electricity distributor says it is looking to get the Exchequer’s assistance in recovering at least Sh1.5 billion from entities that have since collapsed, notably sugar millers in the Western region sugar belt and one player in the country’s horticulture sector.
