Kenya Power reveals Sh3.3bn subsidy for cheap connections

Elizabeth Keter Cherotich at her house in Nandi, which was connected to electricity under the Last Mile Connectivity Project in October last year. PHOTO | Jared Nyataya | NMG

The Treasury offered Sh3.3 billion to electricity distributor Kenya Power #ticker:KPLC in the year ended June to cut charges for connecting homes to the national grid under a programme meant to speed up electrification.

Cheap power connection under the Last Mile Connectivity Project has been a key plank of the Jubilee government’s energy policy.

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