Power prices set to rise after fuel cost hits three-year high

A Kenya Power employee reads a meter. Consumers are expected to be hit by higher power bills in October.

Kenyans should brace themselves for higher electricity bills at the end of this month owing to a prolonged dry weather. This has resulted in significant reduction of power generated from the hydroelectric dams.

The depletion of water levels at the dams that include Masinga has seen the country rely more on the costly thermal generators that burn diesel to produce electricity.