Kenya Power and Lighting Company

Kenya Power owns and operates most of the electricity transmission and distribution system in the country and sells electricity to over 6.2 million customers (as at July 15, 2017).

The Company’s key mandate is to plan for sufficient electricity generation and transmission capacity to meet demand; building and maintaining the power distribution and transmission network and retailing of electricity to its customers.

The Government has a controlling stake at 50.1% of shareholding with private investors at 49.9%. Kenya Power is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.