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Electricity bills to ease, Kenya Power assures

Kenya Power Managing Director Ben Chumo. (Photo: File/Standard)

Kenya Power has moved to assure consumers that power bills will ease in coming months as the power distributor reverts to regular sources of energy. Kenya Power Managing Director Ben Chumo said the move will reverse the rise in electricity bills witnessed recently.

While acknowledging the increase in the July power bills, Chumo said this was due to the purchase of the more expensive thermal power to plug a gap he says was created with the closure of some geothermal plants for maintenance.

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