Counties ready to pay Sh 4.7 B bill, ask KPLC to do same

Marsabit Governor Mohammud Mohammed Ali when he appeared before the Senate National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration Committee at Bunge Tower in Nairobi on September 04, 2024. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The Council of Governors now says counties are willing to pay the Sh4.7 billion electricity bills that Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) is demanding from them, even as they also seek to be paid billions of shillings owed to the counties by KPLC.

Marsabit Governor Mahmoud Ali, who is the COG Energy Committee Chairperson, said that the counties are also demanding that KPLC pay wayleave charges even as they demand the clearance of electricity bills, stating that in most cases, these are even more than the bills being claimed.