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Kenya Power ends tokens purchase from third-party vendors

Kenya Power staff at work in Nyeri. 

Kenya Power staff at work in Nyeri.  The company has ditched agents who have been facilitating the purchase of electricity by both their prepaid and postpaid customers in the company's latest cost-cutting measures.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The company said it will not be renewing the contracts of the nine companies the utility firm had contracted to process electricity purchases on its behalf.
  • Their contracts expire on August 31.
  • The firm is now fully moving the buying of electricity by its customers in-house and says it has built enough capacity to handle the payments. 

Kenya Power has ditched agents who have been facilitating the purchase of electricity by both their prepaid and postpaid customers in the company's latest cost-cutting measures.

The company on Tuesday said it will not be renewing the contracts of the nine companies the utility firm had contracted to process electricity purchases on its behalf. Their contracts expire tomorrow, August 31.