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Kenya to up Addis electricity imports

Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority Director General Pavel Oimeke. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Kenya is set to increase its energy imports from Ethiopia as the two countries activate a bilateral agreement on power trade.

Kenya and Ethiopia have a pact to trade in electricity at fairly low costs, but this has over time been hampered by lack of proper infrastructure.

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