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Kenya should accelerate the adoption of solar energy and other renewable energy sources to improve electricity reliability.[ File, Standard]
I received a few inquiries on Wednesday night, following a national power outage, and I proudly told my callers we had power because I switched to solar an eon ago. I use the national grid for backup. That’s what happens when the State is unable or unwilling to discharge its responsibilities to the citizens. They create other centres of pawa.
Once upon a time, when I worked and lived in the so-called First World (I am using this term very deliberately), I experienced what effective government looks like in service delivery. In a routine shopping trip to a supermarket, a friend of mine was approached by a salesman. They were signing up home owners for solar installation, for free.
The State of Massachusetts was subsidising the private sector to produce solar technologies. The homes would be powered using solar, and excess power would be routed to the national grid for sale to those who needed it.
