Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Too poor to buy land where they grew up on Kenya’s palm-fringed southern coast, Sylvester Jefua and his wife migrated 300 kms northwards to Witu Forest, where they felled seven acres of trees and built a mud and thatch house for
Source: Business Daily Africa The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has rejected the application for a power generation license for the Sh200 billion coal plant that was set to be set up at the Kwasasi area in Lamu. The regulatory body has halted the licencing process
Source: Business Daily Africa Global environmental organisations have opposed Kenya’s plan to construct its first coal-fired power plant in Lamu over environmental concerns even as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Wednesday backed the project. Switzerland-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF) expressed reservations warning of likely
Source: The Star The Energy Regulatory Commission has rescinded a power generation license for a Sh200 billion coal plant in Lamu county. Amu Power – a consortium of Gulf Energy and Centum Investment – was to be set up in Kwasasi. On Monday, the ERC
Source: Reuters A consortium including Centum will start building a 1,000 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Kenya next month, the investment firm said on Wednesday as it reported a 75 percent jump in first-half pretax profit. Centum is the biggest investment company on the Nairobi
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has rejected the application for a power generation license for the Sh200 billion coal plant that was set to be set up at the Kwasasi area in Lamu. The regulatory body has halted the licencing process until objections to establishment
Source: Business Daily Africa The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has rejected the application for a power generation license for the Sh200 billion coal plant that was set to be set up at the Kwasasi area in Lamu. The regulatory body has halted the licencing process
Source: The Standard Mr. Patrick Mbataru’s article in The Standard of October 12 arguing that the “Lamu coal power plant is viable” is unconvincing and one-sided. The article gives false information on what the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the plant states, which
Source:!The Star Kenya, like many other developing countries, is faced with challenges around the three pillars of sustainable development: economic, social and environmental. Approximately 46 per cent of Kenyans live below the poverty line and income inequalities are on the rise. At the same time,
The controversy surrounding the Lamu coal project has flared up after the environment watchdog was accused of favouring the developer at the expense of public health. East African Wild Life Society executive director Julius Kamau said Nema has made the assessment “a mere cosmetic or