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Rising electricity bills push manufacturers to the wall

Firms are hurting from the high cost of electricity even as Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) got approval from the Energy industry regulator to recover losses incurred in transmission of power from the consumer.

The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) in August increased the amount of system losses that Kenya Power can recover from its consumers.

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