Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has expressed confidence that every household in Kenya will have access to electricity before 2030, well ahead of the government’s initial Vision 2030 target.
Speaking during a meeting with elected leaders from the North Eastern region, Kindiki said the country has made significant progress in household electrification over the past decade, with only 4.1 million homes left to connect.
“When President Uhuru Kenyatta was elected with William Ruto in 2013, only 2.7 million households had electricity. In 10 years, that number rose to 8.9 million — the second-largest increase globally over that period,” he said.
According to Kindiki, since President William Ruto assumed office, the number has grown from 8.9 million to 10.5 million households. He projected that an additional one million homes will be connected within the next year.
“It is five years to 2030, and we have 4.1 million households left. We will reach there,” he affirmed.
The electrification drive is being implemented under the Last Mile Connectivity programme, which is already active in all 290 constituencies nationwide.
Kindiki also assured leaders from Northern Kenya that the government is on course to complete long-stalled road projects in the region. He said the Kenya Kwanza administration had developed a sustainable financing model to revive works that contractors abandoned over six years ago.
“We are on course with our roads programme. We have come up with an innovative financing model through securitisation to sustain road construction for the remainder of this term and beyond,” he said.
He noted that the Lamu–Ijara–Garissa–Isiolo road, along with other key projects, would be a game changer not only for Northern Kenya but for the entire country.
