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State eyes 150MW electricity generation from sugar factories

A tractor transports cane to a sugar mill in western Kenya. [File, Standard]

The government has asked millers to diversify into electricity generation to expand revenue streams, be competitive and help the country meet power demands.

The State is dangling a feed-in tariff of US10 cents (Sh10) per kilowatt-hour to encourage the struggling industry into a revenue portfolio expansion.

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