The cost of electricity under the Jubilee administration is higher compared to the rates that prevailed during the Kibaki regime despite the injection of 280 megawatts of cheaper geothermal energy to the grid, official data reveals.
The latest Economic Survey shows that average power tariffs shot up to Sh15.65 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in 2017, from Sh14.68 the previous year and from a low of Sh14.38 in 2012.
