THE STANDARD By
Macharia Kamau |
January 27th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Overview of power pylons and high voltage lines in a long row in a rural landscape.
Kenya plans to more than double the amount of electricity that the power producers can generate - a move that would see consumers pay dearly to support idle power.
This as the State continues to pursue the combination of adequate energy to fire industries as well as the elusive cheap power. This would however see consumers foot the extra bill.
National Treasury Budget documents indicate the government plans to increase the country’s electricity generation capacity to 6,700MW from the current 2,819MW.