MPs launch new bid to force down power prices

A power station. Kenya Power has PPAs with six thermal plants.

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Members of Parliament have launched a fresh bid to forcibly lower the prices at which power producers sell electricity to Kenya Power, in the latest push to reduce the cost of electricity.

The National Assembly Energy Committee gave all thermal power producers, Lake Turkana Wind Power, Kipeto Energy and OrPower up to December next year, to provide details on amounts paid to them by Kenya Power and the outstanding balances.

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