Epra says over 700,000 new customers connected to national electricity grid

Kenya Power technicians laying power lines in Imara Daima, Nairobi, in January 2021. [David Gichuru, Standard]

The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) says 700,000 new customers were connected to the electricity grid in the last financial year.

This brings the total number of customers currently connected to electricity in the country to 8.92 million, according to the report signed by Epra Director General Daniel Kiptoo.