Kenya Power pays Sh1.4bn to US geothermal firm Ormat

Kenya Power workers carry out repair works. 

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Kenya Power paid out Sh1.42 billion ($11million) to a US energy firm, Ormat Technology, in October as part of overdue obligations for electricity purchases from the latter’s geothermal plants in Olkaria, Naivasha.

The payout reduced the balance of Sh4.69billion ($36.3million) that Kenya Power owed to Ormat as of September 30, 2025, new disclosures showed, adding to the Sh1.96billion($15.2 million) it had earlier paid in April and May.

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