As of 2023, domestic consumers paid roughly 6,230 Kenyan shillings for 200 kilowatt hours of electricity in Kenya. This corresponded to approximately 48 U.S. dollars. The price increased by approximately 33.1 percent in comparison to the previous year.
Annual average retail price for electricity in Kenya from 2017 to 2023
(in Kenyan shillings)
Characteristic
Price in Kenyan shillings
2023
6,230.3
2022
4,681.6
2021
4,941.1
2020
4,561.8
2019
4,647
2018
4,269.52
2017
3,727.71
3,5004,0004,5005,0005,5006,0006,500
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