Drought lifts power imports from Uganda 300 per cent

Kenya Power staff repairs transmission lines in Eldoret. file photo | nmg

Kenya’s electricity imports from Uganda grew 300 per cent in the four months to April as drought cut local generation of hydro-electric power by 347 million kilowatt hours.

Kenya imported 92.3 million kilowatt hours (kWh) from Uganda in the four months compared to 13.66 million units in the same period last year – marking a 302 per cent growth, according to official data.

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