Kenya Power brings down connection fee by 50 per cent

Halima Adan (right), a nurse at Machakos Level Five Hospital, shows President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto how labour equipment works Wednesday. [PHOTO: DPPS]

NAIROBI: Kenya Power has reduced its charges for new electricity connections by a half to Sh15,000 under the Government’s Last Mile Connectivity Project.

President Uhuru Kenyatta made the announcement Wednesday at Katulu SA Primary School in Machakos County, where he also revealed his government intends to have 70 per cent of the country connected to the national power grid by 2017.