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Rural electrification budget cut by Sh2.6bn

Elizabeth Cherotich at her house in Nandi, which was connected to electricity under the Last Mile Connectivity Project in October 2016. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By  John Mutua

Business Reporter

Nation Media Group

Some homes in rural Kenya will have to wait longer to get electricity after the budget for building transmission lines and installing transformers was cut by Sh2.6 billion.

MPs on Thursday voted for the removal of Sh1 billion from the Energy ministry budget for taking power lines and transformers to rural Kenya in a plan known as the last mile.

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