As stated by the AfDB, the Last Mile Connectivity Project III aims to increase on-grid electricity access for households, social-based infrastructure facilities, and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. It is a follow-up to the first and second phases of the last mile connectivity operations (i.e., LMCP I and LMCP II) financed by the African Development Fund (ADF) and the African Development Bank (ADB), respectively, and is directly aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 of ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.

The third phase of the Last Mile Electricity Connectivity Project is an infrastructure development intervention that will increase access to adequate, affordable, and reliable electricity for households and public institutions as well as micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) thereby providing an enabling environment for the realization of Vision 2030. The project comprises five main components namely: (i) system reinforcement, (ii) grid extensions comprising densifications, intensifications, and last-mile connections, (iii) project administration and management, (iv) Institutional support and capacity building and (v) Implementation of the Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) and Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF).

Overall, the Project targets 150,047 last-mile electricity connections in the six-year implementation period in the rural and peri-urban areas in 45 counties throughout the country (excluding Nairobi and Mombasa which are primarily urban and with electricity access rates of over 80 percent).

The AfDB categorized the project risks as follows -
Environmental Category: 2
Climate Safeguards Categorization: 2

As stated on the company's website, the Kenya Power and Lighting Company PLC (Kenya Power) owns and operates most of the electricity transmission and distribution system in the country and sells electricity to over 8 million as at end of June 2020.

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.

AfDB Team Leader:

Andrew Muguwa
Email: a.muguwa@afdb.org

Implementing Agency - Kenya Power:

Phone: +254 203201000
Email: customercare@kplc.co.ke
Website: https://kplc.co.ke/

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You can submit an information request for project information at: https://www.afdb.org/en/disclosure-and-access-to-information/request-for-documents. Under the AfDBÕs Disclosure and Access to Information policy, if you feel the Bank has omitted to publish information or your request for information is unreasonably denied, you can file an appeal at https://www.afdb.org/en/disclosure-and-access-to-information/appeals-process 

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF AfDB

The Independent Review Mechanism (IRM), which is administered by the Compliance Review and Mediation Unit (CRMU), is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who have been or are likely to be adversely affected by an African Development Bank (AfDB)-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the IRM, it may assist you by either seeking to address your problems by facilitating a dispute resolution dialogue between you and those implementing the project and/or investigating whether the AfDB complied with its policies to prevent environmental and social harms. You can submit a complaint electronically by emailing crmuinfo@afdb.org, b.kargougou@afdb.org, b.fall@afdb.org, and/or s.toure@afdb.org. You can learn more about the IRM and how to file a complaint at: https://www.afdb.org/en/independent-review-mechanism/