Kenyans face steep electricity bills in the wake of a push by Parliament to have consumers pay higher charges to enable Kenya Power to recover billions of shillings spent on the rural electrification projects.
The National Assembly Committee on Energy wants the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) to introduce, through the monthly bills, pass-through costs from July 2026 to help Kenya Power recover the billions it spends on building and maintaining the rural electricity grid.
