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David Ndii: President Ruto did not promise cheap electricity

by Enock Ndayala

Kenyans have been taking to social media to lament over what they termed a high cost of electricity.

Kenya’s electricity tariff cost is already high compared to its competitors around the region.

For instance, for every KSh 200 sent to purchase tokens, only KSh 47.96 goes to the token giving you 3.8 units. This has led to a high cost of living and doing business.

Kenyans have been taking to social media to lament over what they termed a high cost of electricity.

According to the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), the high cost of electricity in Kenya results in an increase in the cost of production.

As such, Kenyans have been calling on President William Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza government to keep its campaign promise and lower the cost of electricity.

However, in a statement on Thursday, February 23, Chairperson of Ruto’s Council of Economic Advisors David Ndii said they did not promise to bring down the cost of electricity.

In a statement, economist David Ndii stated that cheap power did not feature anywhere in President Ruto’s pre-election pledges.

 “On power bills, we have two choices. Costly power is available 24/7, or cheap power is available a few hours a day, like in South Africa,

“If you cared to peruse our manifesto, you would have noted that cheap power does not feature in our pledges on electricity,” David Ndii said in a Tweet.

Ndii said that the country was at a crossroads in terms of addressing the cost of energy, arguing that the options on the table are limited and both involve tough outcomes.

This comes at a time when the opposition leader Raila Odinga gave President William Ruto a 14-day ultimatum to lower the cost of living failure to which he will lead Kenyans into demonstrations.

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