Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary nominee Opiyo Wandayi has stated that he will ensure that the last mile connectivity is realised.
He said he will achieve this through working closely with the Kenya Power and Lighting Company and Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation.
Wandayi spoke on Saturday when he appeared before the Committee on Appointments at the Parliament.
He stated that there are situations where the Ministry of Energy is not able to evacuate power from the generators to the end user because of a lack of transmission capacity.
"That is something I'll be working closely with the agencies in my docket to be able to fast track the modernisation of infrastructure especially when it comes to last mile connectivity," he said.
"We are going to work closely with REREC together with KPLC by way of engaging with development partners to be able to finance this process."
He acknowledged a project funded by the World Bank to extend power to the places where the national grid is yet to reach, what we call the off-grid.
Wandayi said he will use geothermal resources that could help the country's energy be among the cheapest.
He was answering a question by the leader of the Majority Kimani Ichung'wah on whether Kenyans can trust him to lower the cost of power.
In answering, Wandayi explained that Kenya is among the largest sources of geothermal in the world.
"We are blessed as a country to have geothermal resources that could help our energy be among the cheapest," he said.
He however noted that the IPPs with licenses are not utilising the sites and have kept them for purposes of speculations therefore starving KenGen which has excess capacity to generate more power.
