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How State, agencies slept on the job as Kenya dipped into energy crisis

President William Ruto. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

President William Ruto sparked a new debate after confirming that Kenya has been implementing load shedding due to insufficient electricity generation.

The President evoked memories of the late 1990s and 2000s, when industries and households had to grapple with power rationing, a crisis that gave rise to the privately operated, costly thermal power plants. 

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