2.4 Million Families to Benefit in Govt s Cheap Electricity Plan
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2.4 million families in Kenya are set to benefit from a government plan where it seeks to connect the households to subsidised power.
The 2021/22 Budget Policy Statement (BPS) released by the Treasury CS Ukur Yatani on Monday, January 25, stated that the country was on track to achieve universal electricity coverage by the year 2022.
He stated that the new connections would be done through the grid and off-grid solutions. The government is set to boost power generation from the current 2,819 MW to over 6,700 MW with major energy sources being geothermal, coal, and wind, solar and hydro, the document read in part.