@murchr;
Exported power to Rwanda is short term and a temporary measure.Rwanda is aggressively building gas power plants from methane gas in Lake Kivu.
Electric train is a pipe dream like Konza;you will not see it in your lifetime.
Industrial Parks for who;investors are running away because of bureaucracy,corruption in terms of kickbacks from politicians and ruling elite not capacity to supply the needed power.
Our problem now is not generation capacity but weak distribution.
Our electricity is expensive because of the numerous unnecessary charges on your electricity power bill.
Lamu/Lappset is slowly grinding to a halt;twas an over ambitious project with our weak finance.
Rural electrification the consumption is negligible;mostly for lighting and some of the rural folks are going solar.

This is a point many, many people do not understand including folks appointed to the ERC. The PPAs have minimum off-take agreements so those thermal plants may not be 'producing' but KPLC (aka consumers) still pay for the plants 'waiting' to produce. The same applies to wind or hydro.

Solar and Wind are variable sources i.e. they do not provide consistent power consistently therefore there is need for thermal plants to even out the power production. Keeping these thermal plants on stand-by costs money passed on to consumers.

Yes.

When you lease a car, the car is yours to use BUT there's a charge for having the car available exclusively for you. You can use it whenever you want to. Or do not use it. The lease fee covers the cost (& profit) of the lessor who supplies the car to you.

You pay for the driver and fuel. If you do not use the car, there's no fuel charge but you have to pay for the driver a fixed amount whether you use him 1 hour a week or 8 hours a day.

KQ leases planes. There is a lease fee/cost. The plane can sit at JKIA looking all nice and shiny. Or the plane can be flown & KQ pays for the fuel and crew. The lease fee/cost applies either way.