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Sh1.7bn solar power plants plan to light up remote homes

A solar power farm. Mandera, Garissa, Marsabit and Turkana will benefit from project. PHOTO | FILE

Thousands of homes in northern Kenya will be connected to electricity in a plan to construct 25 small solar-power plants at Sh1.7 billion.

The Rural Electrification Authority (REA) will next year set up the solar mini grids in Garissa, Mandera, Marsabit, Turkana and Wajir which have for long grappled with low electrification, slowing business activity.

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