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Power imports from Uganda increase despite higher geothermal capacity, sustained rains

Kenya power officer attends a power line in Migori town on November 18, 2018. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]

The amount of power that Kenya imported from Uganda last year significantly went up despite commissioning new geothermal capacity and generating more hydroelectricity as a result of heavy rains.

Over the 10 months to October 2019, the country imported 176 gigawatt hours (GWh) of power from Uganda, a 60 per cent increase compared to 110GWh imported over a similar period in 2018, according to data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).

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