Diesel power plants pocket Sh25.5 billion

Part of the Sondu Miriu hydro-power station. Prolonged dry weather has cut hydro-power output. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Investors in diesel-fired power plants have more than doubled their earnings in the year to June on increased sale of their expensive electricity to homes and businesses through Kenya Power #ticker:KPLC.

Thermal power producers pocketed about Sh25.5 billion in in the first six months of the year, more than twice the Sh11.9 billion they earned in a similar period last year.

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