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World Bank’s Sh10bn deal to light up homes
From left: Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi, President William Ruto, and the Principal Secretary Alex Wachira look at mini grid presentation ahead of the contract signing for Improved Access to Electricity through Mini-Grid and Stand-Alone Solar Systems under the Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project in Nairobi County on February 19, 2025.
Thousands of households across 14 counties countrywide will be connected to solar power in the last phase of a Sh9.4 billion World Bank-backed project, meant to light up communities that are not connected to the national grid.
This follows the signing of 14 contracts between Kenya Power, Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation and private firms, to build 113 solar-powered mini-grids that will supply electricity to homes. The 14 signed contracts are worth Sh9.4 billion.
