MPs disclose plot to end Kenya Power monopoly

Kenya Power Offices along Aga Khan Walk, Nairobi.

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Kenyan consumers will have a choice to buy electricity tokens directly from independent power producers (IPPs) or Kenya Power if MPs approve a proposal in a parliamentary committee report.

In the latest push to end the Kenya Power monopoly, the National Assembly’s Energy Committee is proposing to have IPPs generating power through geothermal with the help of KenGen to sell power directly to consumers as one of the ways of reducing the high cost of electricity.

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