By GERALD ANDAEMore by this AuthorKenya Power bought an additional one billion kilowatt hour (kWh) of expensive thermal electricity in the 10 months to October, leaving homes and businesses to struggle with costly bills. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) says that Kenya Power bought 2.1 billion kWh of electricity in the period to October, up from 1.1 billion in the same period a year. Kenya in 2014 had a target to halve electricity bills by this year from levels of between Sh15-16 per KWh on the back of reduced thermal power. Kenya has in recent years struggled to cut reliance on expensive thermal power in favour of cheaper geothermal and hydro power. Official data shows that homes that consume 200 kWh a month paid Sh3,973 last month, up from Sh3,470 in November last year.

Source: Daily Nation December 18, 2017 19:30 UTC