Energy Principal Secretary Alex Wachira has disclosed that the government will supply electricity to some villages in Garsen Constituency to the tune of Sh400 million this year/2025.
The PS was responding to the remarks by the area MP, Ali Wario, who pointed out that villages like Kitere and Saloni, among others, have not benefitted from electricity supply.
Mr. Wachira, who was speaking during the International Day of Clean Energy at the Minijila area in Garsen of Tana River County, also distributed 2000 cooking jikos to vulnerable people.
The PS also commissioned electrification projects at Nduru and Iqra Secondary Schools that will benefit about 42 households in the Chara location, adding that the government will establish 4 solar panel centres in four areas such as Nanighi, Mnazini, and Kitere, among others, to a tune of Sh250 million.
He further revealed the government will spend about Sh36 billion to supply electricity countrywide this year, 2025.
Mr. Wachira also cautioned against the use of unclean energy, saying the country is losing 26,000 people per year following the use of polluted energy.
He further said 24 boreholes currently using diesel will now be turned to use solar energy to avoid the use of diesel that pollutes the environment and is unfriendly to the climate.
Speaking at the same function, Garsen MP Ali Wario urged area residents to support the use of improved cooking jikos for better human health and to stop deforestation in the area.
By Simon Guruba