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Kenya to sell electricity to Rwanda by next year

Kenya Power has entered into an agreement to sell 30 megawatt (MW) of electricity to Rwanda. Kenya Power, Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Ltd and Rwanda Energy Group Ltd, completed negotiations to facilitate the trade.

The sale, expected to commence by July 2015, will be done through an interconnected transmission grid running and connecting Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. The agreement provides for the conveying of power through another entity’s transmission line network to another customer.

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