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Kenya Power Company employees

Kenya Power Company employees carry out repairs to a transformer on Haile Selassie Road Mombasa in this photo taken on December 5, 2020. 

| Kevin Odit | Nation Media Group

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Kenya Power’s huge connection costs leave thousands groping in the dark

By  Paul Wafula

Nation Media Group

In 2010, a group of Kitui County residents approached Kenya Power, seeking to be connected to the national grid.

Kenya Power was at the time rolling out a donor-funded programme to connect rural communities to electricity.

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