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Sh34bn funding deal to bring down power connection costs

The cost of connecting power will drastically come down following a Sh34 billion African Development Fund deal to take the grid closer to rural customers.

Kenya Power chief executive officer Ben Chumo alluded to a sharp drop in connectivity pricing when he addressed a governors’ meeting in Kisumu last week. He did not give details of the expected drop however.

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