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Energy Ministry targets 10 million customers by 2025

Energy Ministry targets 10 million customers by 2025

The government plans to connect at least 10 million customers to the electricity grid by the year 2025, the Principal Secretary in the State Department for Energy under the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Alex Wachira has revealed. He said about 9,765,000 million Kenyans were already connected to the power grid as the Ministry was working to connect more than 25,000 Kenyans by next year as the country gradually moves towards attaining 100 per cent electricity connectivity The by the year 2030. “Right now we are at 9.7 million customers who are already connected to electricity. Next year we are hoping to cross the 10 million mark in terms of connectivity, “said Wachira. The PS spoke in Gikamba sub-location, Kieni Nyeri county where he supervised the implementation of the last