Nairobi, Feb. 13 -- Kenya's electricity imports from Uganda increased 18.4 percent in January, fuelled by a bigger demand.

Data from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) shows that Kenya last month imported 20.29 million units of power from the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited.

This is a significant increase from 17.12 million units that Kenya imported from her neighbour in December.

Kenya and Uganda have a power exchange programme during which either country supplies the other with power during periods of deficit.

At the close of the financial year, the country that will have exported more electricity to the other invoices its counterpart.

In January for instance, Kenya exported 3.41 million units to U...