Too little, too late? Long road to Uhuru’s cheap power promise

The tariff that was gazetted by the Epra will be in place until December this year, which will warrant another tariff review next year. [Coourtesy]

The government last Friday cut the cost of electricity, bringing to fruition one of the Jubilee administration’s promises that has been almost 10 years in the making.

While the regime had an ambitious plan to cut the cost of power by up to 50 per cent, the opposite has been true, with bills consistently rising over the years.