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Middle class electricity bills up 30pc in a year
The Cabinet has ordered a split of Kenya’s electricity transmission system to ensure that a power failure in one part does not affect the whole country. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Middle-class households and small traders have been forced to raise their budgets for electricity in the first year of the Ruto administration at a pace nearly double the growth four years ago, analysis shows.
The average cost of electricity for families consuming 200 kilowatt-hour (units) jumped 30.25 percent in October compared with the 16.13 percent rise over four years in the review month.
