Friday briefing: KPLC aims to move defaulters to prepaid system to curb irregularities in payment

Описание: Kenya power is contemplating switching electricity bill defaulters to pre-paid meters from post-paid billing to reduce mounting customer debt, which hit 12.4 billion shillings in the financial year ended June 2016. The state-owned utility firm blames the piling debts on non-payment of electricity bills by post-paid customers, shortage of meter readers, and disputed bills by households and industries. Kenya power chief executive Ben Chumo says the firm is also installing smart meters — which can be read remotely — for large power users like manufacturers to ease the billing process. Unpaid bills currently stand at 5.2 billion shillings after the firm engaged in an aggressive debt recovery and meter reading to collect outstanding dues.

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