Adani signs Sh96bn deal to build, operate Kenya power lines for 30 years

Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi speaks during a stakeholder engagement on public-private partnership in the energy sector at Kawi Complex in Nairobi on September 16, 2024.

Photo credit: Lucy Wanjiru | Nation Media Group

India’s Adani Group will build and operate the four Sh95.68 billion ($736 million) electricity transmission lines and two substations for 30 years before handing them over to Kenya.

These are part of the terms that the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) and Adani Energy Solutions— the power subsidiary of Adani Group— signed on Wednesday, marking the country’s first public-private partnership-funded power project.

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