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Why your electricity costs are high, Kenya Power CEO Joseph Siror explains

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Kenya Power Chief Executive Joseph Siror during an interview on Spice FM on Tuesday, August 15, 2023. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

Kenya Power Chief Executive Joseph Siror has shed light into the technicalities that drive electricity costs to be high.

Siror, in an interview with Spice FM on Tuesday, August 15, said that the low rains and dam levels in the country have limited the amount of power that can be dispatched from the hydro plants, which are the cheapest source of electricity.

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