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Kenya pushes for faster delivery of first PPP-funded power lines
Principal Secretary State Department for Energy Alex Wachira during the announcement of Kenya Power's financial results for the Financial Year 2023/2024 at Stanley Hotel, Nairobi on October 29, 2024.
Kenya is pushing to break ground for the first Public private Partnership (PPP)- backed construction of two $311 million (Sh40.4 billion) electricity lines by August next year to ease pressure on the network.
Principal Secretary in the State Department of Energy Alex Wachira on Monday called on Africa50 (an infrastructure investment platform founded by the African Development Bank) and PowerGrid Corporation of India to expedite negotiations with lenders and contractors and start the project within eight months instead of the 12 months stated in the agreement.
