Kenya Energy has recorded cumulative income of KES 382 million (roughly US$2.9 million) from electrical car charging over the previous 34 months, as electrical energy gross sales to the e-mobility sector grew greater than 113-fold between July 2023 and April 2026.
Month-to-month EV charging income rose from KES 873,907 (roughly US$6,700) in July 2023 to a peak of KES 35 million (US$271,000) in February 2026, in line with the utility’s E-mobility Gross sales Progress Evaluation Report. Quantity milestones have adopted the same trajectory; Kenya Energy crossed a million kilowatt-hours offered to the sector in a single month for the primary time in November 2025 and has remained above that threshold persistently since.
“That is clear proof that EV adoption is not a pilot, however a mainstream actuality,” stated Kenya Energy Managing Director and CEO Dr. Joseph Siror. “This progress tells us the chance is actually nationwide, and our focus should be on diversifying past the capital.”
Nairobi accounts for 71% of cumulative EV charging income, although the Coast, North Jap, and Western Kenya areas have proven regular uptake. Kenya Energy stated the geographic unfold of demand is informing its infrastructure enlargement technique forward of the June convention.
The broader EV market has grown sharply alongside charging demand. Knowledge from the Electrical Mobility Affiliation of Kenya reveals Kenya had registered over 35,000 EVs by the top of 2025, predominantly two-wheelers, up from simply 796 registered items three years earlier.
Greater than 1,000 stakeholders from throughout East Africa’s electrical mobility business are set to collect in Nairobi from 4 to five June 2026 for the 4th Annual Kenya Energy E-mobility Stakeholders’ Convention and Expo, themed round aligning coverage, infrastructure growth, and partnerships to scale e-mobility in Kenya.
To mark the run-up to the convention, Kenya Energy, GIZ Kenya, EMAK, and the Kühne Basis have flagged off EV parades from Nairobi to Mombasa and Nairobi to Kisumu and again, starting right this moment. The parades will assess charging infrastructure readiness alongside each corridors and intention to deal with vary anxiousness amongst potential EV customers.
Kenya Energy will even use the parades to launch new charging stations at its places of work in Voi and Nyali in Mombasa, and can deploy e-bikes for meter readers in Nakuru and Mombasa Island as a part of its broader sustainable transport programme.
Siror stated the utility expects EV uptake to speed up considerably towards 2030, supported by current fiscal incentives together with zero-rated VAT on EVs and lithium-ion batteries and decreased excise obligation on electrical bicycles and bikes.
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