Kenya has signed a power purchase agreement with Ethiopia in a deal that will see Kenya receive 400mw of hydro-power in the next eighteen months.
Work on the 500kv power line which will be used to transmit the power is already underway with contractors on site. This emerged when Ethiopia PM Hailemariam Desalegn, the First Lady Roman Tesfaye and his delegation visited Olkaria Power plant in Naivasha as part of their tour of the country.