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Fresh probe piles pressure for openness in power deals

Ministry of Energy and Petroleum CS Opiyo Wandayi flanked by Kenya Power Alex Wachira the Principal Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, State Department of Energy and EPRA Director General Daniel Kiptoo at a past press briefing. [File, Standard]

To many power sector stakeholders, Independent Power Producers (IPPs) are at the heart of all that is wrong with the industry, especially the high cost of electricity in Kenya.

This is to the extent that the country's electricity tariff ranks as one of the most expensive on the continent.

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