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Power blackouts: State now mulls privatisation of power transmission

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Staff from KPLC and Ketraco repaired one of the four electricity towers along the 220kv Loyangalani-Suswa line that clashed in the Longonot area of Naivasha cutting off electricity power supply to the national grid. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

The crippling power outages that the country has experienced in recent months appear to have made a case for the privatisation of power transmission lines.

Different players within the government agree that the firm charged with the construction and maintenance of power transmission lines, the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco), has failed in delivering on its mandate.

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