Question
State three benefits of rural electrification in Kenya.
Answer
- It wood reduce cutting down of trees as electricity would be available for domestic use.
- More people would invest in rural areas which would lead to higher standards of living.
- Would encourage setting up of industries in the rural areas thus stimulating decentralization of industries.
- It would attract/improve social amenities in rural areas reducing the need for people to move to urban centres.
- It would encourage development of horticultural farming as storage of perishable products will be possible.