{"id":6906,"date":"2019-12-02T11:08:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T08:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=6906"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:43","slug":"full-hydro-dams-set-stage-for-cheaper-power-for-kenyans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/12\/02\/full-hydro-dams-set-stage-for-cheaper-power-for-kenyans\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Hydro Dams Set Stage For Cheaper Power For Kenyans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Business Daily<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The filling up of the dams that supply water to Kenya\u2019s\nhydropower plants has put the spotlight on power distributor Kenya Power to see\nwhether it will serve cheaper electricity for households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The long rains have resulted in a significant rise in\nlevels at Masinga Dam, the main reservoir for the seven forks hydropower system\nfrom where Kenya sources its cheapest electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter said the dams had\nhit close to 100 per cent capacity last week, setting the stage for cheaper\npower for consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe dams are not doing badly \u2026 we have Masinga at 1,051\nmetres out of the full capacity of 1,056 metres,\u201d Mr Keter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the power from the various sources is, however,\ndispatched from a central point with priority supposed to be given to the\ncheapest source. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessdailyafrica.com\/economy\/cheaper-power-for-Kenyans\/3946234-5369406-8h4otb\/index.html\">Read\nmore&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Business Daily The filling up of the dams that supply water to Kenya\u2019s hydropower plants has put the spotlight on power distributor Kenya Power to see whether it will&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}