Kenya: Liberalisation on hold due to weak demand


Issue 421 - 27 Aug 2020 | 2 minute read

Kenya’s Energy Act 2019 provides for the opening up of the national grid to private investors, but energy ministry principal secretary Joseph Njoroge says Kenya Power will retain its monopoly for now because the country does not have sufficient demand to accommodate more distributors.

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