This story highlights the after years of struggle, Kenya’s national utility has found a way to bring electricity to the country’s poorest neighborhoods. Using a community-based approach, Kenya Power has gone from 5,000 households connected under its informal settlements program, to over 150,000, in just one year. The program has received multi-faceted support from the World Bank, which has made new connections affordable to slum dwellers and helped Kenya Power learn from the experience of other countries.
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Document Date
2015/08/20
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Brief
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166475
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Volume No
1
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1
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2021/11/30
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Disclosed
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Doc Name
Bringing Electricity to Kenya’s Slums : Hard Lessons Lead to Great Gains
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Keywords
Electricity; national utility; legal connections; community-based approaches; new connections; informal settlement; illegal connection; press release; sustainable energy objective; urban poor communities; million people; lower rate; slum community; human capital; slum area; social impact; news feature; individual household; connection charge; legal power; resilient recovery; electricity sector; slum dweller; dramatic change; government share; poor settlements; electricity connection; legal access
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Bringing Electricity to Kenya’s Slums : Hard Lessons Lead to Great Gains (French). Feature Story Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/219421638253878586/Bringing-Electricity-to-Kenya-s-Slums-Hard-Lessons-Lead-to-Great-Gains