Kenya Power loses over 24 per cent of electricity to illegal connections

Staff from Kenya Power Company disconnect an illegal electricity connection power line to tens of families in Sakutiek village on the border of Nakuru and Narok during a sting operation. [Photo, Antony Gitonga]

Over twenty-four per cent of the electricity purchased by Kenya Power in the last financial year was lost through illegal connections and transmission losses.

This figure is seven percentage points above the threshold allowed by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra), which stipulates that losses should not exceed 17.5 per cent.