Completion of the construction of a total of 660 kilometers of electricity transmission lines in Kenya under three separate agreements by Spanish firms has been delayed after the state-owned Kenya Electricity Transmission Company terminated the contracts. Ketraco is the country's transmission system operator.
Construction of a 132-km electricity line linking the Kenyan and Ugandan electricity grids by financially strapped Abengoa Group's affiliate, Instalaciones Inabensa SA, has been put on hold since 2016, when Ketraco terminated the $39.4-million contract. The Spanish contractor is appealing the decision in Kenya's High Court.