Costly electricity bars Kenya from becoming energy-secure country

A Kenya Power technician inspects a line. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Expensive pricing has hit Kenya’s transition into an energy-secure country over the past decade, a new index shows, despite improvements in customer connections, uptake of renewable energy and high capital investment.

The Energy Transition Index for 2021 by the World Economic Forum (WEF) says though Kenya is among developing nations that had steadily increased electricity access over the review period, its pricing remained a challenge.

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