In recent years, Kenya has deepened its reliance on Ethiopia to avert blackouts.
By
Brian George
Nation Media Group
Kenya Power will take up an extra 200 megawatts (MW) of power in December 2026 under a power purchasing agreement (PPA) with Ethiopia to plug a gap in supply.
Kenya Power currently has a running 20-year PPA with the Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), which was signed in 2022, allowing for the supply of 200MW of electricity priced at $0.65 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), or approximately Sh84.03 per kWh.
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