The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) has entered into a Sh40.4 billion ($311 million) Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement with a consortium comprising Africa50 and Power Grid Corporation of India. This significant deal marks a major step in the expansion and modernisation of Kenya’s power transmission network.
The project will be fully financed, implemented, operated, and maintained by the private sector, without any public funds being committed. The project involves the design, construction, and operation of two high-voltage transmission lines and associated substations.
These will improve grid reliability, enhance renewable energy integration, and strengthen power supply across Western and Northern Kenya. The project is expected to provide an alternative evacuation route for geothermal power from the Baringo-Silali fields and expand the high-voltage grid to Western Kenya for the first time, reducing voltage instability. Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi emphasized the partnership’s significance in advancing Kenya’s energy agenda, laying the groundwork for industrialization, job creation, and economic growth.
