Number of Kenyans hooked to power grid up 56 per cent

The number of Kenyan households connected to electricity increased from 36 per cent in 2014 to 56 per cent in 2016, the latest World Bank report shows.

The global lender says the country’s access to electricity expanded by an average of 6.1 percentage points between 2010 and 2016, the third fastest growth rate in the world behind Kosovo and Afghanistan.