State to connect one million households with electricity in three weeks

Deputy President William Ruto lights a bulb to officially commission electricity supply to rural houses at chebyuk village Mt Elgon Bungoma county  . Also in the picture is the CS Energy Charles Keter photo:courtesy

The Government targets to connect about one million Kenyans to electricity in three weeks, according to Finance Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich’s second mini budget.

Treasury had set a target of one million households by the end of the financial year under the connectivity subsidy programme, but with more money to spend, the CS has allocated additional funds to have the programme expanded to cover two million households by the end of this month.