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majimaji
#1 Posted : Monday, February 10, 2014 8:54:40 AM
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http://www.nation.co.ke/...2/-/70klku/-/index.html

This will singly contract the economy by 2% and will go a long way to ensure darkness in rural kenya.

is it justified?
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MaichBlack
#2 Posted : Monday, February 10, 2014 10:41:10 AM
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I had warned wazuans on this back in August last year. I hope they to me seriously.

Click on this link and read posts #61 #63 and #65.

Is it justified? If you believe Kenya Power's calculations, then yes. You don't expect to pay a lower connection fee than what Kenya Power will spend on poles, cables, meters, transformers [shared cost] etc. to get the electricity to your house!!! The only way you can argue with this if the cost is significantly less than the 75k on average [sparsely populated rural areas and densely populated urban areas]. It is more expensive to connect rural consumers because of the sparse population but you cannot charge them more than urban consumers hence the averaging!
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MaichBlack
#3 Posted : Monday, February 10, 2014 10:45:02 AM
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And by the way the cost has always be in the 70k to 75k region. The 40k on top was always paid by "development partners" as a subsidy. They pulled out, so you now pay the original 35k and extra 40k yourself!
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kivairu
#4 Posted : Monday, February 10, 2014 11:45:21 AM
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Will 'China road & Quails Corp.' finance /subsidise the deficit? Yenyewe hii ni gava ya jubilee.At this rate achieving 7% Economic growth will remain a mirage.

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butterflyke
#5 Posted : Monday, February 10, 2014 2:12:36 PM
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Was wondering about people putting up flats or commercial buildings - will this be 75K for the connection to the building or to each unit?
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Angelica _ann
#6 Posted : Monday, February 10, 2014 2:15:53 PM
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butterflyke wrote:
Was wondering about people putting up flats or commercial buildings - will this be 75K for the connection to the building or to each unit?


Connection to the building!
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majimaji
#7 Posted : Monday, February 10, 2014 3:26:11 PM
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I'm told to get a 3 phase line you cough up KES 123,000.00 or thereabouts up from 47k. Now can small cottage industries like welding workshops, garages and others running 3 phase machines grow?
It is better to shelve those laptops (that will make an Indian supplier very happy) and subsidize power, the effect on the economy will be bigger and better
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Ngong
#8 Posted : Monday, February 10, 2014 8:42:22 PM
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Add this the tripled bills and the aggressiveness of getting paid, kweli we have to finance everything including the useless laptops for toddlers.
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Rankaz13
#9 Posted : Tuesday, July 15, 2014 2:11:48 AM
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Sad Power connection cost to double as Treasury withdraws subsidy Sad

Quote:
“We have not set aside any money for the Kenya Power subsidy in the 2014/15 financial year,” said Mr Rotich. “We were not going to finance this service on a sustainable basis.”
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rryyzz
#10 Posted : Tuesday, July 15, 2014 11:10:36 AM
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Rankaz13 wrote:
Sad Power connection cost to double as Treasury withdraws subsidy Sad

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“We have not set aside any money for the Kenya Power subsidy in the 2014/15 financial year,” said Mr Rotich. “We were not going to finance this service on a sustainable basis.”



In another thread I said it, DPORK was playing politics.
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