Politics and policy
The rural electrification team positions a power line in Uasin Gichu County. PHOTO | FILE
The rural electrification team positions a power line in Uasin Gichu County. PHOTO | FILE
By NEVILLE OTUKI
More than 85 per cent of public primary schools are now connected to the national electricity grid.
President Uhuru Kenyatta told Parliament last Thursday that
18,424 of the 21,500 listed public schools have electricity through a
connection drive hinged on the ambitious plan of giving free laptops to
pupils.
“The remaining 3,076 schools will be done by the
end of next month,” said Mr Kenyatta. “In the last two years, more
primary schools have been connected to electricity than have been since
Independence.”
Kenya Power
is also expanding its customer base by connecting homes in rural and
low-income urban homes where many people still use kerosene-powered
lamps for lighting.
About 385,000 customers were connected to the grid
in the past three months, putting the utility on course to connect one
million homes. Homes with electricity are 3.15 million up 2,257,983
users last August.
But the laptop plan has been hit by tendering woes
after the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board revoked the
award of a Sh24.5 billion deal to Indian firm Olive Telecommunication.
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