What State needs to do for power prices to drop

Kenya Power personel on the parade display during the 59th Labour day Celebrations at Uhuru Gardens, Nairobi on May 1, 2024. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Revoke all the agreements that private power producers have signed with Kenya Power and move all power generation to State-owned agencies.

This, according to the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu), is what needs to happen for power prices to come down- a radical proposal and one unlikely to happen but perhaps that captures the frustration among Kenyans on the high cost of power.