The Electrification of Public Facilities Project (EPFP) is divided into five beneficiary lot regions and aims to electrify about 600 public facilities (Market centres, Health centres, educational institutions, Tea buying centres, Coffee factories and Administration Centres).
This project is jointly financed by the government of Kenya and Arab Development Partners namely; Arab Bank for Economic Development {BADEA}, OPEC Fund for Development {OFID}, Abu Dhabi for Development [ADFD], and Saudi Fund for Development [SDF] at a total cost of $57 Million.
The project will result in connection of long lines in various counties opening up these areas for viable economic activities. As a result, construction of 500km of medium voltage distribution lines will be set up. This means, households in close proximity to transformers and meet all installation requirements will have access to electricity.
Overall, the scope of the project includesthe construction of 2,850 km of electricity distribution lines and installation of transformers. The project envisages to electrify 1,200 public facilities which include market centers, health centers, educational institutions, tea buying centers, coffee factories and administration Centers.
On completion, the project will ensure the electrification of 35,460 households in 131constituencies located in 36 Counties in Nyanza and Western, North Rift, South Rift, Central and Upper Eastern, Lower Eastern and Coast region. It is estimated that in each of the five project areas over 7,000 households will be connected to electricity.
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