Good thinking but don't think we have too much excess power right now...good thing they saw sense and scrapped the 5,000MW program.

Problem is inflated project costs, corruption in power sector, inefficiencies, etc. All these add to the cost of power which you and me have to bear one way or other. If pork is serious let him address these problems bottom-up. Not top down. And His job every day 8-5 should be to seek ways to reduce cost of business. No need to give us promises they should just work and produce results

http://www.mediamaxnetwork.co.ke/477411/headache-for-uhuru-in-electricity-bills-cut/

It will be a delicate task for the ministry of Energy and Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) following President Uhuru Kenyatta’s directive yesterday that power bills should come down within a month to cushion small and medium enterprises from the high cost of doing business.

The two agencies will walk a tight rope given that Treasury had already factored in revenue from numerous levies reflected in power bills.

Looking at the breakdown, a Sh300 power token, a major chunk of the levies go to taxes at Sh39.78, followed by fuel index at Sh33.79 and rural electrification programme (REP) which takes Sh10.68.

These levies gobble up about 30 per cent of the electricity cost, and could be the possible areas set to be reduced to make any significant dip in power tariffs.

But here lies the dilemma: This is the revenue needed to actualise Big Four projects on one hand while on the other cheap power is a key catalyst for the programme, especially the manufacturing component.