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Dollar shortage plunges Kenya Power operations into darkness

Kenya power technicians install a transformer in Mbeere North, Embu County. [File, Standard]

Kenya Power is seeking to pay some of its foreign currency-denominated obligations in local currency as it grapples with a US dollar shortage.

The power utility firm, which is among the largest consumers of foreign exchange in the country, noted that while it had adequate cash flow to pay power producers, the dollar shortage could see it skip payments to Independent Power Producers (IPPs) as payments fall due.

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