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All set for new phase of Last Mile power drive

Kenya Power Managing Director Dr Ken Tarus (left) and China Power's Johnny Wu during the contract signing with 12 firms for implementation of the second phase of the Last Mile Connectivity Project in Nairobi. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Kenya Power plans to connect an additional 600,000 low-income customers to the national electricity grid at a cost of Sh30 billion over the next one and a half years.

The firm on Thursday signed 23 agreements with 12 Kenyan and foreign firms that will undertake the civic works to connect new customers to the grid under the second phase of the Last Mile Connectivity Project, targeting low-income urban and rural households.

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