• Rural Electrification in the country is still a bit on the low side.
• It is currently at 8 percent.
• The Master Plan which informs rural electrification runs up to 2030.

An Energy Expert has observed that the country’s rural electrification has remained low as progress is currently at 8 percent.
Speaking in an interview with Money FM News, Johnstone Chikwanda noted that funding to Rural Electrification Authority (REA) was doubled in the previous budget and hopes that resource allocation will continue to improve in the coming years.
Mr. Chikwanda stated that based on the current funding, the Authority will be able to reach about 50 percent of rural electrification but that more still needs to be done in terms of funding levels.
“Rural Electrification in the country is still a bit on the low side but progress is being made, it is at 8 percent currently. We note that in the previous budget, funding was doubled and we hope that there will be continued improvement in terms of funding to Rural Electrification Authority (REA) because the Master Plan which informs the electrification runs up to 2030.”
“Based on the current funding, we will be able to reach about 50 percent but we want to do much more and to achieve that, more funding is going to be required,” Mr. Chikwanda said.
He expressed optimism that the current government will attach great importance with regards to resource allocation to the institution so that numbers can get better.
“I am convinced that the new dawn government what they want to do to roll out robust electrification plan for the rural areas, I believe that they will attach great importance with regards to resource allocation to the institution so that numbers can get better,” he stated.
Government has allocated K362, 208,689 as Rural Electrification Fund in the proposed 2022 national budget compared to K307.2 million allocated in the 2021 budget.