Power lines connecting the East African states of Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Ethiopia are expected to be completed within the next three years, helping improve supplies and electricity trading. PHOTO | FILE
The high voltage electricity transmission lines that will facilitate trade in power in East Africa will be completed between next year and 2018, Kenya’s Energy Ministry has said.
The high voltage line connecting Kenya with Uganda is expected to be complete by the end of 2016, while the one linking Ethiopia with Kenya is scheduled to be ready in 2017. The overhead cable connecting Kenya and Tanzania will be commissioned in 2018.
