{"id":121578,"date":"2023-11-20T23:45:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T23:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T23:45:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T23:45:39","slug":"massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Relief to Kenyans as Government Slashes Electricity Prices; Here are New Token Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>After numerous consumer complaints about soaring electricity prices in Kenya, Kenya Power has finally implemented price reductions. This is the first time in a long time that consumers have encountered a reduction in token prices.<\/p>\n<p>A report on Monday by a local media house revealed that for a thousand Kenyan Shillings (Ksh1,000), consumers now receive 37.61 units in September, a significant improvement from August when the same amount yielded only 31.15 units. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, in September, Ksh100 now buys 3.76 units, compared to 3.67 units in August and 3.59 units in July.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/44411298457140659ee361f79016e7b7\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This reduction in token prices aligns with a statement from Kenya Power\u2019s CEO, Joseph Siror, who has asserted that electricity is currently the most affordable energy source in Kenya. It\u2019s worth noting that Kenya Power had introduced new tariffs in April, initially raising concerns of potential price hikes of up to 78 percent.<\/p>\n<p>In discussions with the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), Kenya Power expressed its intention to eliminate subsidies meant to support low-income households, marking the first tariff adjustment since 2018. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Mitchellewrites (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/><span class=\"see-more\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After numerous consumer complaints about soaring electricity prices in Kenya, Kenya Power has finally implemented price reductions. This is the first time in a long time that consumers have encountered a reduction in token prices. A report on Monday by a local media house revealed that for a thousand Kenyan Shillings (Ksh1,000), consumers now receive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Massive Relief to Kenyans as Government Slashes Electricity Prices; Here are New Token Changes - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Massive Relief to Kenyans as Government Slashes Electricity Prices; Here are New Token Changes - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After numerous consumer complaints about soaring electricity prices in Kenya, Kenya Power has finally implemented price reductions. This is the first time in a long time that consumers have encountered a reduction in token prices. A report on Monday by a local media house revealed that for a thousand Kenyan Shillings (Ksh1,000), consumers now receive [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-20T23:45:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/44411298457140659ee361f79016e7b7\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/\",\"name\":\"Massive Relief to Kenyans as Government Slashes Electricity Prices; Here are New Token Changes - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/44411298457140659ee361f79016e7b7\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-20T23:45:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-20T23:45:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/44411298457140659ee361f79016e7b7\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/44411298457140659ee361f79016e7b7\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Massive Relief to Kenyans as Government Slashes Electricity Prices; Here are New Token Changes\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Massive Relief to Kenyans as Government Slashes Electricity Prices; Here are New Token Changes - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Massive Relief to Kenyans as Government Slashes Electricity Prices; Here are New Token Changes - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"After numerous consumer complaints about soaring electricity prices in Kenya, Kenya Power has finally implemented price reductions. This is the first time in a long time that consumers have encountered a reduction in token prices. A report on Monday by a local media house revealed that for a thousand Kenyan Shillings (Ksh1,000), consumers now receive [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2023-11-20T23:45:39+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/44411298457140659ee361f79016e7b7","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/","name":"Massive Relief to Kenyans as Government Slashes Electricity Prices; Here are New Token Changes - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/44411298457140659ee361f79016e7b7","datePublished":"2023-11-20T23:45:39+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-20T23:45:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/44411298457140659ee361f79016e7b7","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/44411298457140659ee361f79016e7b7"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/20\/massive-relief-to-kenyans-as-government-slashes-electricity-prices-here-are-new-token-changes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Massive Relief to Kenyans as Government Slashes Electricity Prices; Here are New Token Changes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}