NINETY four per cent of Kisumu residents have no access to electricity, the county government has said. Governor Jack Ranguma said his government is working to provide alternative electricity power to the residents. “We will set up a 40 megawatt solar power plant to plug energy gaps in the Kisumu county,” he told the Star at his office on Monday. He said the project, to be commissioned in November, will produce additional energy, which will be added to the national grid. “The high costs of electricity and constant blackouts that have affected business made it necessary to have this project,”...
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