Residents of Onjiko in Nyando Sub-County, Kisumu County, are set to be connected to the national electricity grid through the Last Mile Connectivity Project (LMCP).
Some 207 households from Konim, Kokiro, and Onjiko Kabong'o villages have been earmarked to benefit from the initiative as part of the government's ongoing effort to enhance electricity connectivity in rural and peri-urban areas.
Samuel Odila from Kenya Power (KPLC), while speaking during a public participation forum in Onjiko stated that the program aims at ensuring increased electricity access among low-income communities with low penetration rate.
Odila noted that a low-voltage network would be extended from existing distribution transformers to reach households located within a 600-meter diameter. "We plan to connect all habitable structures and houses of any type situated within a 600m diameter from the existing transformers in these villages," he stated, adding that engineers have already finalized the distribution design and mapping.
