President William Ruto has accused lawmakers of “overstepping” their mandate by sustaining a freeze on new power purchase agreements (PPAs), which has lasted more than two years, constraining expansion of the grid amid growing demand.
Members of Parliament put the brakes on negotiations of new power deals in April 2023 to allow for investigations into existing contracts between Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and Kenya Power, the near-monopoly state-run electricity distributor.
