Nairobi, March 21 -- Millions of Kenyans relying on prepaid meters for electricity and water will have to update their gadgets before November 24 this year as the metering software that is currently in use by the utility firms is set to expire.

Kenya Power Company has confirmed that, after the set deadline, all meters will not accept new prepaid tokens, rendering them obsolete.

The firm's manager for Coast region, Mr Phineas Marete, emphasised the urgency of the situation, stating that failure to reset and update the software will result in consumers being unable to use newly purchased tokens.

"To ensure functioning of all the meters after this date, it is necessary to perform token identifier (TID) rollover by resetting the TID memory...