Ketraco eyes end to Sh6.7bn row with Spanish contractor

Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) Managing Director and CEO John Mativo appears before the Public Investment Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy at the Continental House in Nairobi on July 29, 2025.

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The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) expects a Sh6.7 billion row with a Spanish firm over termination of a contract for construction of an electricity transmission line to Uganda to be settled this month.

Managing Director John Mativo (right) said an inter-governmental committee comprising Ketraco, the Ministry of Energy, the National Treasury, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Attorney General is currently negotiating with the firm, Inabensa, to settle the amount.

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