Energy Principal Secretary Alex Wachira on Friday, January 13, announced that the cost of electricity will drop in March after actualizing the deal to import power from Ethiopia.
During a tour of Suswa Substation on Friday, the PS noted that Kenya had already received the first 75 megawatts from Ethiopia.
Wachira added that his ministry was working to expedite the construction of two power substations where the imported power will be directed to.
“We do not want to take power from Ethiopia and have it sit around here idle, that is why we are fast-tracking the Kimuka Substation and the Mariakani Substation,” Wachira stated.
According to the PS, the hydroelectric power imported from Ethiopia was relatively cheaper compared to the geothermal power which forms a significant part of Kenya’s source of energy.
