Hussein Mohammed, the Board Director of REREC, said the project will promote sustainable energy solutions and rural electrification, catalysing socio-economic transformation.
Kenya Power, in April this year, had announced a drop in power bills based on fuel cost charges and foreign exchange fluctuation adjustments.
The update process will be free and will not affect tokens already loaded into the meters.
Uganda generates more power than it consumes and has been exploring the possibility of exporting the surplus to neighbours like South Sudan and Kenya.
Last week, Kenya Power announced a partial interruption of the prepaid token vending system to facilitate an upgrade.
The prices of spinach, kale (sukuma wiki), tomatoes, and Irish potatoes increased by 18.2 per cent, 15 per cent, 14 per cent, and 6.2 per cent, respectively.
The president says Kenya is on course to achieve 100 per cent connectivity by 2030, lighting homes, enhancing educational opportunities, improving healthcare, and turning the entire country into a flourishing economic hub.
Small business owners, including barbershops, lamented that they were the most affected by the outage as they lack alternative power sources.
The office of President Julius Maada Bio later announced that the energy ministry would fall under the direct supervision of the president.
EPRA on Sunday, reduced petrol prices by Sh7.21, diesel by Sh5.09 and Kerosene by Sh4.49.
Kenya agreed to purchase power at 6.5 US cents per kilowatt for the first five years before the two countries review the deal.
The move seeks to introduce competition to the sector dominated by Kenya Power, ultimately benefiting consumers through reduced power tariffs and improved service delivery.
Traders eagerly await power restoration, hoping to recover losses and move past the setback.
KPLC is seeking to promote the adoption of e-cooking among its close to 10 million customers (households), but many Kenyans view electricity use as an expensive cooking alternative.
The other affected counties are Trans Nzoia, Bungoma, Lamu, and Tana River.
Ahead of Ramadan, locals protested, accusing the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) of carelessness and negligence.
Going by figures from the review, Kenyans will now pay Sh3.44 less to access a unit of electricity.
The region’s consumption is the third highest in the country, following Nairobi, which has the highest at 4,346GWh, or 45.5 per cent of the total sold by the utility.
The increase in power prices is a blow, especially for poor Kenyans struggling to keep up with the high cost of living.