AP claim that 65 per cent of all Kenyan households have been connected to electricity wrong

Kenya Power and Lighting Company [KPLC]personnel works on an electricity line at Tetu in Nyeri on July 3 2015.The mega consumer power connectivity drive that was launched this year by the Government is expected to take electricity to millions of homes at a lower cost. The cost of connectivity was cut up to Sh15,000 from the Sh36,000 that applicants whose homes are located within 600 metres of a transformer have been paying. PHOTO KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD.

Recently, a global news outlet Associated Press (AP) carried an article claiming that 65 per cent of all Kenyan households are connected to electricity.

The outlet postulated: “The number of Kenyan households currently connected to the national grid stands at 65 per cent of the national coverage. The target is to connect 70 per cent by the end of this year and universal access by the year 2020.”