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Kenya halves power generation from thermal sources

Kenya has cut by more than half the use of thermal sources for electricity generation as East African nation seeks to lower the cost of power.

From about 300 million kilowatts per hour (KWh) a month generation of electricity from thermal, the country is now producing an average of 100 million KWh of power per month from the source, latest data from Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) showed Monday.

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