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More pain for consumers as power cost set to rise

A Kenya Power employee repairs an electricity line in Nyeri on July 3 2015. [PHOTO KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD]

Power prices are set to go up, yet again, as the country increases dependency on thermal electricity generators following the decline in power generation from the cheap hydro sources.

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced an increase in the cost associated with fuel used by thermal generators in electricity production, eroding hopes of cheap power.

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