High electricity bills shock for the big consumers

Electricity consumers queue to pay their bills at the Kenya Power offices in Nakuru town. FILE

Industrialists and big domestic consumers are facing higher electricity costs burden this month following the coming into effect of tariff increments announced in December.

The power bills escalation arises from the fact that the drop in fuel and forex adjustment costs in the past month failed to offset the higher tariffs set for core consumption leaving users worse off.

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