Migori Woman Representative Fatuma Mohamed on Wednesday, April 12, sought answers as to why she pays more for electricity than residents living in Githurai.
Speaking during the debate on a bill to lower the costs of electricity, Mohamed questioned why she received fewer tokens for the same amount as people in Githurai.
She demanded the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) explains the discrepancies in the token purchase rates.
"I stay in Lavington, probably in a house I bought on a loan yet somebody in Githurai with a very big home yet that person pays a lesser bill than me. I wonder what criteria they use to justify this?," Mohamed posed.
The Woman Representative questioned why Kenya Power made Kenyans pay for the losses they made, but withheld the profits they made.
"Kenya Power would even indicate the amount they lost and distributed equally such that loss incurred from the Githurai resident would be shared equally to the person in Runda," she reiterated.
The Member of Parliament (MP) declared support for the bill proposed by Laikipia Woman Representative Jane Kagiri.
On her part, Malindi legislator Amina Mnyazi questioned why Kenyans only get tokens worth less than 50 per cent of the amount paid. She demanded an explanation of where and how the extra money charged was used.
Kilifi North lawmaker Owen Baya argued that KPLC needed to improve its efficiency stating that lack of the same increased the costs of the provision of electricity.
"When there is a lack of efficiency in the management of services, and faulty transformers are bought, such costs fall back on the consumer. Kenya Power needs to be not only efficient but also effective," Baya pointed out.
Lawmakers further questioned why Kenyans were forced to pay high rates to get new power connections yet the last mile program capped connection costs at Ksh15,000.
Meanwhile, Homa Bay Woman Representative Joyce Bensouda argued that KPLC staff needed to be motivated to improve the delivery of services.
