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Project Summary
Approval Date 29 Nov 2023
Planned Completion Date 31 Dec 2029
Last Disbursement Planned Date 31 Dec 2029
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign Sovereign
Sector Power
DAC Sector Code 23630
Environmental Category: 2 Climate Safeguards Categorization: 2
Fragility Lens Assessment: Yes Gender Marker System Categorization: GEN II
Commitment U.A 82,887,196.35
Status Approved
Project General Description
The Last Mile Connectivity Project III aims to increase on-grid electricity access for households, social-based infrastructure facilities, and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. It is a follow-up to the first and second phases of the last mile connectivity operations (i.e., LMCP I and LMCP II) financed by the African Development Fund (ADF) and the African Development Bank (ADB), respectively, and is directly aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 of ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. The third phase of the Last Mile Electricity Connectivity Project is an infrastructure development intervention that will increase access to adequate, affordable, and reliable electricity for households and public institutions as well as micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) thereby providing an enabling environment for the realization of Vision 2030. The project comprises five main components namely: (i) system reinforcement, (ii) grid extensions comprising densifications, intensifications, and last-mile connections, (iii) project administration and management, (iv) Institutional support and capacity building and (v) Implementation of the Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) and Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF).
Project Objectives
Overall, the Project targets 150,047 last-mile electricity connections in the six-year implementation period in the rural and peri-urban areas in 45 counties throughout the country (excluding Nairobi and Mombasa which are primarily urban and with electricity access rates of over 80 percent).
Beneficiaries
In particular, the key beneficiaries include 139,480 households, 10,521 MSMEs, and social infrastructure amenities (namely 23 educational institutions, 15 health facilities, and 8 water supply facilities) that will be connected to the electricity grid for the first time, therefore, displacing fossils and dirty biomass fuels (such as charcoal, and unprocessed agricultural residues). Based on the average household size in Kenya, it is envisaged that the 139,480 connections represent a population of approximately 543,972 persons (i.e., 274,651 females and 269,321 males) that will have access to electricity.
Participating Organization
Funding
African Development Bank
Implementing
Kenya Power
