Kenya Power

Kenya Power has given in on the battle with local manufacturers over supply deals for smart meters.

Kenya Power has however not made public the number of customers whose connections have been delayed due to the supply hitches for the meters. Kenya Power had defended the requirement to restrict the tender to international firms arguing that there had been massive failures for locally assembled meters. Kenya Power has since last year been embroiled in court battles with local manufacturers who had gone to a tribunal and later the High Court to block a Sh2 billion tender for the supply of single-phase, three-phase postpaid and prepaid meters. Kenya Power management had not responded to Business Daily queries on whether the fight from local manufacturers last year prompted the restriction of the tender to Kenyan firms. The State-owned power utility last week issued a tender notice for the supply of smart meters in a deal that will be restricted to an undisclosed number of local manufacturers. Kenya Power has given in on the battle with local manufacturers over supply deals for smart meters, a move that will see a number of local firms rake in millions of shillings from the power distributor.