{"id":919091,"date":"2022-01-24T09:13:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T09:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/24\/relief-as-kenya-power-starts-mapping-of-smes-for-reduction-of-power-tariffs\/"},"modified":"2022-01-24T09:13:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T09:13:23","slug":"relief-as-kenya-power-starts-mapping-of-smes-for-reduction-of-power-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/24\/relief-as-kenya-power-starts-mapping-of-smes-for-reduction-of-power-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Relief as Kenya Power starts mapping of SMEs for reduction of power tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kenya Power Nyeri County Business Manager David Machuka<\/strong> [Kibata Kihu, Standard]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kenya\u00a0Power\u00a0and Lighting Company (KPLC) has started mapping small commercial consumers who are targeted to benefit from reduced electricity charges under a new government policy to make\u00a0power\u00a0more affordable to Kenyans.\n<\/p>\n

Duncan Machuka, Nyeri County Business Manager, said that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are part of the larger targeted beneficiaries of an affordable\u00a0power\u00a0project. <\/p>\n

Machuka said after the identification and mapping, the cottage industries with consumption of up to 100 units of electricity will be charged Sh7.70 in energy charge for every unit consumed.\n<\/p>\n

“SMEs employ more than 80 per cent of the working population in the country and play a central role in its economic and growth strategies the new rates,” Machuka said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese efforts are geared to make SMEs more competitive and to help the country achieve its development objectives by creating more jobs, strengthening sectors and developing business models that work,\u201d he said.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n