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Power sector bosses defend planned hike in electricity costs

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Kenya Power acting managing director, Geoffrey Muli, pitches for higher rates during the briefing held on January 30, 2023. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Kenya's electricity sector on Monday defended the latest bid to hike power costs, arguing that this is necessary to enable the industry to continue investing in infrastructure to enable them to meet growing demand from an increasing customer base.

Senior executives from nearly all the state-owned power sector entities showed up at a briefing to support the proposed higher electricity rates.

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