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Why electricity keeps getting more expensive

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A Kenya Power and Lightning Company engineer works on a electricity line at Tetu in Nyeri on July 3 2015. [File, Standard]

That the electricity prices in the country have become a sore wound for Kenyans is not in question.

In April, electricity prices are were set to go up after the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) unveiled a new tariff.

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