Rerec and Makueni County raise 60 million lice for electrification

The Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC), in collaboration with Makueni County Government, will procure 60 million lice for rural electrification.

The project will serve 624 households in the county with electricity under a matching funds program.

Under the partnership, Makueni has committed to contributing Sh30 million during the 2023/24 financial year, while Leleku will provide up to Sh5 million to each of the six constituencies in the county. be.

“We called for a rerun to expand our partnership. Previous agreements placed restrictions on the funds we were supposed to use,” said Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr. Told.

Over the past seven years, the company has worked with counties and the National Constituency Development Fund (NCDF) under the Matching Funds Program to implement 130 projects across the country costing 932 million lice.

Rerec CEO Dr. Rose Mukarama said, “We continue to implement projects across the country aimed at strengthening rural electrification in Kenya, improving the lives of our people and contributing to the overall development of the country.” said.

This is the second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Rerec and Makueni, with the other signed in 2021.

“These initiatives are in line with the National Economic Development Blueprint, Vision 2030, and the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) advocated by His Excellency the President, Dr. William Ruto,” Dr. Mukarama added.

Rerec also commissioned the Kako/Wire Warehouse CBO project for 50 households.

Some of the projects undertaken by the company include the dam in Makuu village, the Muruni primary school, the Muusuni-Akwash area and the electrification of Kwa-Shotisi.

To date, projects worth Sh183 million have been implemented in Kaiti, Kibwezi West, Kibwezi East, Kilome, Makueni and Mbouni constituencies.

Of these, 13 projects have been completed and 24 are currently underway in six constituencies and are expected to be completed by July 2024.

“The Corporation encourages county governments and parliamentarians to adopt the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation’s matching fund approach to facilitate the implementation of electrification programs in their respective areas,” Mukarama said. he said.

The Shilling for Shilling program (Matching Fund) allows county governments or legislators to allocate a specific amount of money from their development funds, and Rerec commits the same amount to rural electrification in designated areas identified by leaders.