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These new rules reverse the long-standing single-buyer model, effectively ending Kenya Power's monopoly and opening up the market to a multitude of manufacturers, retailers, and consumers.\u003C\u002Fp>","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.the-port-brief.co.tz\u002Fimage\u002Fpost\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F15\u002F5TojyUusOFqtc3BeX1Hwgdb6gtr7qo6J9fIrFSB8.webp",[62],{"id":26,"name":63,"avatarPath":8,"about":8},"Emmanuel Lyimo",[65,77],{"id":66,"type":67,"data":71,"order":76},21,{"title":68,"value":69,"shortName":70},"Gallery",7,"GALLERY",{"gallery":72},[73],{"fileId":74,"filePath":75,"title":8},29,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.the-port-brief.co.tz\u002Fimage\u002Fpost_section\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F15\u002FCsCDIpw0UgZSDY8HAkkOU0S3Mlp8X0u1ds23w0ty.webp",0,{"id":78,"type":79,"data":82,"order":13},22,{"title":80,"value":13,"shortName":81},"Text editor","TEXT_EDITOR",{"content":83,"additionalAlignment":84},"\u003Cp>Previously, Kenya Power acted as the sole intermediary, purchasing electricity from producers and distributing it to all consumers. The new structure allows for a transition to a competitive commodity-based market in which participants can conduct direct transactions.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The central element of these reforms is consumer choice. Eventually, electricity consumers will have the freedom to choose their preferred supplier, which will facilitate competition based on prices and quality of services. Although the transition will start with large users, it lays the foundation for broader market access. Under the new wholesale supply agreements, large consumers such as industrial parks, factories, and shopping malls with a demand of at least one megavolt—ampere in distribution networks or ten megavolt-ampere in transmission lines can now purchase electricity directly from generators. 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