Kenya Power’s unpaid electricity bills hit KSh 41.5 billion

Kenya Power is facing a growing burden of unpaid electricity bills, with outstanding payments from its postpaid customers rising to 41.5 billion shillings. Of this amount, nearly 8 billion shillings is owed by the government, while other businesses and households account for the remaining 33.5 billion shillings. The mounting debts have forced the utility to increase its provisions for potentially unrecoverable bills to nearly 15 billion shillings, at a time when previous attempts to disconnect defaulting public institutions have sparked disputes and court battles. Here now is Jasmine Wambui with that report.