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    Electricity Accessibility and Electricity Consumption in Kenya
    (Kenyatta University, 2025-11) Aput, Edward Omondi
    The discourse relating to energy and economic growth have received much consideration from scholars all across the globe. However, much of the of focus as reviewed revolves around the role of energy on the economic growth. Electricity which is one of the key sources of clean energy has been a focal point of study in developing and less developed countries which continues to grapple with high levels of energy poverty and fossils fuels that are environmentally hazardous. Interventions geared towards increasing electricity accessibility has been implemented in addressing the issue. Kenya being a developing economy, have performed well under this metric with electricity access rates of 76.4% which is above the region’s average rate of 52.77%. However, the paradox remains that despite increased electricity access rates, consumption rates have not grown in tandem with access rates. The study sought to establish the relationship between electricity accessibility and electricity consumption. Secondly, the study focused on determining the effect of tariffs on electricity consumption. The study was anchored on the theory of demand and adopted an Auto Regressive Distributed Lag Model while utilizing secondary time series data set from 1990 to 2022 sourced from the official publications of Kenya Power and Lighting Company, Ministry of Energy and the World Bank Development Indicators. Both pre-estimation and post-estimation tests were utilized to ensure validity and robustness of the regression results. The study findings were that electricity accessibility was found to be insignificant. This to mean that there existed no relationships between electricity accessibility and electricity consumption in Kenya. Secondly, the study established that there existed a negative relationship between tariffs and electricity consumption, where a unit positive change in tariff causes a decline in electricity consumption by 0.84276. The finding was in concurrence with the demand theory. The study recommended that the government through the Ministry Energy and Petroleum should align their concerted efforts to go hand in hand in addressing the challenges in electricity consumption. Additionally, more focus should be given on harmonization and rationalization of the existing tariff system which comprises various numerous levies to lower the cost of electricity. The study identified energy efficiency as a frontier of future studies in determining whether the low consumption observed is as a result of increased energy efficiency by consumers.