Taxpayers will pay an extra Sh1.7 billion for the completion of a new power line linking Nanyuki and Meru after the Department of Defence blocked the erection of overhead cables above the military base in Laikipia.
The Energy Ministry said the additional funding for the 132-kilovolt single circuit power transmission line will be spent on the acquisition of underground cables for a six-kilometer stretch of the project whose initial budget was Sh5.59 billion.
