President Uhuru Kenyatta has today made it clear that reliable and affordable electricity for Kenyans is one of his key agendas in his administration.
This statement came when he was today presiding over the ground breaking ceremony of the 83.3MW Olkaria 1 Additional Unit 6 Geothermal Power Plant.
Kenyatta said that as a country, we are progressing well towards generating and connecting our people to affordable electricity.
“Ensuring we have adequate, reliable & affordable electricity is a primary objective of my Administration.
We set this objective because we know with accessible electricity to all sectors, including rural areas, we are sure of enhancing growth of industries” he stated
The President also added that to achieve the big 4 agenda adequate supply of electricity is, undeniably, a primary enabler. He mentioned this as a reason why electricity generation and distribution has been at the top of Kenya’s infrastructural development programme.
President Kenyatta also talked on the achievements that Kenya has had in the electricity sector since he started his term.
“When I assumed office, access to electricity was under 29%, with only 2.2 million households connected. Today, 6.9 million households, and virtually every public primary school in the Republic, are connected to electricity. Access has trippled in five years” he said
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