Rai Group plans to put a 30 kilometre power line between its sugar factory in Kakamega County and its paper mill in Webuye, which will enable the paper mill tap into excess electricity produced at the sugar factory.
It will be among the first companies that take advantage of the recently enacted Energy Act 2019, which liberalises some aspects of the power industry such as the transmission and distribution of power. These have previously a preserve of the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) and Kenya Power.