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How Kenya chained itself to costly power deals
The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Energy Vice Chairperson Lemanken Aramat (left) makes his remarks during the roundtable discussion in regards to reducing the cost of electricity in the country held at Hilton Garden Inn on August 4, 2023. With him is Chairperson Vincent Musyoka Musau. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NMG
Electricity consumers are at the mercy of independent power producers (IPPs) in the absence of revision clauses for idle capacity charges in the power purchase agreements (PPAs) signed with Kenya Power.
Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu told the National Assembly Committee on Energy last week that there may be no legal framework that can be used to initiate the revision of the charges blamed for the high cost of electricity in the country.
