Kenya has one of the most promising futures in all of Africa, but is about to make a strategic mistake similar to one that oil-rich Angola made in 2006. That year, Angola agreed to borrow $14.5 billion from China in a resources-for-infrastructure deal, repayable in
A fight has been brewing and it is about to boil over. The issue is coal and it pits powerful business interests and the Lamu community against each other. Under the ambitious LAPPSET programme, the Government of Kenya plans to build it’s very first coal plant. Worth conservatively
The overhead fans in the rectangular room on the first floor hallway of the Lamu Fort are at full speed. Mohammed Athman, 51, adjusts himself in the little black chair at the front. The entire room watches his every movement. For a moment, the only
‘Save Lamu’ enlists the support of the local community to stop the project, which is expected to inject 1,050MW of thermal power into the national grid when completed. On February 26, the Energy Regulatory Commission rejected objections to the project by Save Lamu, saying the
A government human rights watchdog has raised the red flag on the ongoing mega infrastructure projects in Lamu and wants MPs to intervene to protect local communities from “devastating effects”. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has petitioned the parliamentary Committee on Environment
The Government has entered into a Sh 206billion power deal with a Chinese firm to build and operate Lamu Power project. Read more at: President Uhuru Kenyatta witnessed the signing of the deal between China Power Global and Kenya’s Amu Power in Beijing, China. Energy
Lamu woman representative Shakila Abdalla is planning to move to the High Court to stop the proposed Sh200 billion coal plant from being set up in the county. She has said she will mobilise residents and activist groups to back her move, saying the project
More than 10 local civil society groups on Friday held a peaceful protest over a planned Sh200 billion coal-fired power plant to be established in Lamu West. The plant is to be set up by Amu Power Company – a consortium of Gulf Energy and
New coal plants in Africa are largely being paid for by China and developed countries that are turning away from the technology at home. Here’s why. LAMU, KENYA, Few places in the world exude a sense of timelessness as Lamu, an island off of Kenya’s
I like it when I see political contestants making solid, informed critical comments on economic and public policy. I think it also makes smart politics, especially as people are becoming more and more discerning about such prevailing issues. In this context, Nasa co-principal Kalonzo Musyoka’s