When Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) signed a $311 million public–private partnership with Africa50 and Power Grid Corporation of India to develop a major power transmission line, the most salient feature of the deal was not its size, complexity, or even its novelty.
It was how quietly it happened. In a country where large infrastructure projects often provoke heated debate, court challenges, or public suspicion, this transaction passed with relatively little controversy. There were no loud protests, no sustained political resistance, no widespread public anxiety about hidden costs or loss of control over strategic assets.
