Phew, no more bills (honestly, those bills drive me up the wall). Tangu saturday apana tumia postpaid tena. Bt, the thing has locked and i'm told it need sorted from headoffice (or office head, whatever). If i call kenya power contact ctr, am told meter not activated. What next? Or i must clear previous bill for me to be activated? For now, i'm nt being billed thou. Any kpl worker here?

, Hata mimi nangoja the rants, and I assure you they will come.

I think people rant when they lack info. I've been on prepaid for four months now, and it's awesome. I pay for what I use and I've taken time to understand how I'm billed on prepaid and most importantly, why the same amount would result to different power units during the same month. @anasazi, higher users get billed more, whether prepaid or postpaid. Power usage si kama bundle ama wholesale prices, ati bulk equals less per unit.

@ Jus Blazin....I recently got this prepaid meter after realising that KPLC were ripping me off on post paid but i bought some units jana through M-Pesa lakini bado sijapata reply, is this normal?

@Chaka, your electricity charge has three variable components, namely Fuel Cost Charge, Foreign Exchange Rate Fluctuation Adjustment and Inflation Adjustment.

The fluctuations are published in the Kenya Gazette i.e:


1. Fuel Cost Charge

(b) The Company shall publish each month a notice in the Kenya Gazette showing the Fuel Cost Charge rate applicable to all Units billed during the month of publication of such notice.


2. Foreign Exchange Rate Fluctuation Adjustment

(b) The Company shall publish a notice in the Kenya Gazette showing the amount of the Foreign Exchange Rate Fluctuation Adjustment applicable to all Unit charges specified in Part II of the Schedule of Tariffs for all meter readings taken during the month of publication of the said notice.

3. Inflation Adjustment

(b) The Company shall publish in the first month of the half-year inflation adjustment period a notice in the Kenya Gazette showing the half-year Inflation Adjustment rate applicable to all Units billed during that half-year period.

So, if you want to know the exact charge per unit, buy the Kenya Gazette each month and pore through it for ERC notices. The gazette can be bought from the Government Printer on Haile Selassie Avenue, but you will soon do a Cost Benefit Analysis and find that it is cheaper to just pay at the rate quoted.

Guys, i have been on this scheme since the first pilot phase over 2 years ago. I tell you without blinking an eyelid this thing is damn convinient. No worry about geeting your bill late or sending someone to post office/bank etc etc. Just buy the units on ur mpesa and voila "there was light"
I understand the skeptism but it's all part of change.

@ ALI BABA..

2 more weeks before u start ranting about this pre pay thing... waiting....

How is the going so far?

I'm Ali not Ali baba. Mine just started billing few days a go, the 1st 10days or so, was connectd directly without going thru the mtr. So far so good.

Can someone call them and have them fix the prepaid meter even if they are yet to get the pilot phase to my area? This guys are making holes in my pockets, soon i will be back to the tilly lamp

@ Gordon kindly explain why kplc charges for forex if you do indeed understand the concept.

The power producers are all within the boundary of Kenya, why then pay them in USD?Hell knows.
And why pass the loss to the customers?Can they just absorb the loss like any other companies do!