肯尼亚历经多年制定并实施了一系列治理能源部门的政策，为电力子部门中发电与输电、配电相分离奠定了基础。REFiT 政策便是其中一项政策，其制定目的是作为推动投资并利用可再生能源发电的手段。
Kenya has overtime formulated and effected a number of policies to govern the energy sector which laid foundation for separation of generation from transmission and distribution in the electricity sub-sectors. The REFiT policy was one of the policies formulated as an instrument to promote investment and generation of electricity from renewable sources.