Editorial in Kenya’s largest newspaper Wednesday June 12 2019 Kenya’s growth depends on efficient infrastructure. This is the reason the government has invested heavily in infrastructure development, especially in the past two decades. However, experience has shown that infrastructure projects have become conduits for looting
Link to IEEFA press statement as below Link to full IEEFA report (PDF) IEEFA report: The Lamu Coal Plant will hinder, not spur, economic growth in Kenya Misdirected assumptions about construction, capacity, and costs June 10, 2019 (NAIROBI) – The proposed Lamu coal plant in
Media Advisory Full document PDF here For Immediate Release 7 June 2019 For more information contact:Omar ElmawideCOALonize Campaign Coordinator omar.elmawi at decoalonize.net IEEFA report: The Lamu Coal Plant will hinder, not spur, economic growth in Kenya Who: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
Story by Save Lamu / Khadija Jumalink to original “I am not of today my child, I am from long ago. I saw the world smiling and laughing, today the world is crying” Such are the words of Mahmoud Hamid popularly known as Tike who
Sunday, June 2, 2019Link to original letterby Fredrick Njehu, senior political adviser, Greenpeace Africa Mr George Wachira’s article published in the Business Daily on 29 May titled Why Kitui coal energy should be prioritised presents a fast fading narrative that investing in its mining is a viable
By deCOALonize Last weekend, more than 20 African nations came under the banner of #AfrikaVuka to make their voice clear that they will not sit in silence and watch the devastation on the only planet we have. This time round even children were not left
By deCOALonize Last week on Thursday, 7 February 2019, the Lamu Coal case came up for hearing before the National Environmental Tribunal (NET) for highlighting of submissions. Parties summarized what they have filed in court, to guide the judges when doing the judgment. Except for
MEDIA ADVISORY. 17 November 2018 Nairobi, Kenya CONTACT: Omar Elmawi +254 710 343432 omar.elmawi@decoalonize.net DIGGING FOR THE TRUTH: COAL POWER PRODUCTION AND MINING IN KENYA On Thursday, November 22nd, 2018, from 2 to 6pm, the deCOALonize campaign will host a high-level forum to discuss the
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s directive to Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter this week to lower electricity prices is an early Christmas present to Kenyans. And it is fitting that the order was made from Strathmore Business School, a leader in energy conservation, more so solar power,
On 14th of October, NTV (Kenyan media station) aired a 26-minute documentary on Lamu coal plant project and its supposed benefits for the country. This brazen bid at showing support for #CoalingLamu has been met with contempt by any Kenyans. What was meant to be