The share of electricity imports has for the first time crossed the 10 percent mark as Kenya deepens its reliance on neighbouring countries to avoid power rationing and blackouts.
Data from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) shows that electricity imports accounted for 10.6 percent or 1.53 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of the 14.38 billion units bought by Kenya Power in the year to June, up from 4.87 percent in June 2023 and a paltry one percent in 2021.
