In 2022, the number of people without Yet, in newly connected households or access to electricity reached 775 million, an businesses, particularly in rural areas, demand increase of 20 million, due to a combination of tends to be low due to low appliance ownership, factors including the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, limited skills and capacities for electricity use, and the energy crisis sweeping. [...] In challenge of non-technical (or commercial) addition to insufficient generation capacity, electricity losses2 was highlighted by the the energy utility, ZESCO, prioritises the interviewed experts and has been stressed as mining sector which is the largest consumer one of the most pressing issues among electric of electricity in the country. [...] by reducing the outputs and levels of productivity of existing firms, which reduces As argued by Barasa (2021), without reliable demand for labour; and by severely distorting consumers, the business of producing electricity the business climate, by compromising the is not a particularly profitable one, and it is the trade and export competitiveness of African end-users who are most affected by inc. [...] However, they still had to This places a heavy financial burden on Kenya’s pay a high fee to cover the costs of connection distribution utility and creates tension between at $398 (reduced to $171 when the Last Mile the goals of universal access to electricity and Connectivity project (LMCP) commenced (GIH, the financial sustainability of the power supply 2018)). [...] short timeframes for delivery and impact, have Such approaches would cover not only the been among the barriers to the development provision of electricity, but also assessments of of more robust energy access infrastructure needs and ability to pay, efficient operations and include lack of investment in the planning process maintenance services, capacity-building across and the channelling of fun.
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