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UK to guarantee Kenya loans worth Sh9.4b for electricity transmission system upgrade

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A project to improve Kenya's electricity transmission network has gotten a boost after the United Kingdom guaranteed a Sh9.4 billion loan that the African Development Bank (AfDB) has advanced the country.

AfDB and the UK have announced that Kenya's Transmission Network Improvement Project had been selected as a beneficiary project under the Room to Run Sovereign transaction (R2RS).

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