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Cost of power rises as shilling weakens to new record lows

Electricity consumers will be forced to dig deeper into their pockets this month as the cost of power goes up again on account of a weak shilling.

The foreign exchange adjustment component of the power bill nearly doubled in just one month, rising to Sh1.07 per unit of power consumed in October from Sh0.57 per unit or kilowatt hour (kWh) in September.

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