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Kenya eyes extra Ethiopia power to escape rationing

Kenya Power CEO & MD Joseph Siror speaks during the launch of the media campaign dubbed ‘Update Token Meter Yako’, on June 12, 2024.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

By  John Mutua

Business Reporter

Nation Media Group

Kenya seeks to increase electricity imports from Ethiopia as the country faces unprecedented peak demand levels that could trigger possible power rationing amid a freeze on new power purchase deals.

Kenya Power CEO Joseph Siror revealed that formal talks with Ethiopia Electric Power (EEP) to allow importation of an extra 50-100 MW had started.

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