NAIROBI, Kenya, July 29 – The funding for Kenya Power’s Last Mile Connectivity Project (LMCP) has received a Sh1.85 billion boost from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
The grant will be used to connect power to 9,121 households in Nakuru, Kilifi, Kwale, and Nyandarua under Phase V of the project.
“We expect to connect all the targeted households across the four counties by January 2025. The Company is committed to fast-tracking electricity connection across the country to achieve universal access to electricity,” said Rosemary Oduor, Kenya Power’s General Manager for Commercial Services and Sales.
“We thank JICA for the grant which will go a long way to enable these households to access electricity and transform their livelihoods.”
The funding comes two months after Kenya Power signed twenty-six contracts for the implementation of Phase IV of the LMCP. The Sh27 billion project is funded by the French Development Agency (AFD), the European Union (EU), and the European Investment Bank (EIB).
It will connect a total of 280,000 new customers to the grid by November 2025.
Funded to the tune of Sh73.1 billion to date, the LMCP is anchored on the Kenya National Electrification Strategy that was developed in 2015 to speed up electricity access for households and businesses in Kenya.
Kenya Power is the implementing agency of the project on behalf of the government.
Since its inception in 2015, the LMCP has significantly contributed to the growth of the electricity access rate in the county, which currently stands at 76 percent with 9.6 million households connected to the grid.
A total of 746,867 households have been connected to the grid under the first three phases of the Last Mile Project at a cost of Sh51.1 billion.
