Stemming from the latest conflicts around South Africa’s pending nuclear power expansion programme, said to be one of the largest government tenders in post-Apartheid South Africa, welcome news has arrived from Kenya’s Save Lamu community-based campaign and the deCOALonize movement opposing the development of a 1
This week, an important meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee came to an underwhelming end; thousands of people across the world were hoping the Committee, in its 41st session just concluded in Poland, would live up to
Hearings on the controversial Lamu coal plant have failed to take off again after two members of the National Environment Tribunal failed to show up. Local conservation group Save Lamu has opposed the issuance of a licence by Nema for the Sh210 billion coal-based plant
The Kenya for Justice and Development Trust (KEJUDE) is demanding government’s full disclosure on the dealings of Amu Power Company. This comes just a month after energy cabinet secretary Charles Keter confirmed progress on the development of Lamu coal power station, which is being developed
The lobby is apprehensive that the government made concessions against the public interest, including Kenya Power, which will be forced to purchase power it does not need or face punitive sanctions. “It’s suspected t the government has undermined the public interest by entering into concessions
A justice authority has demanded the government’s full disclosure on the dealings of Lamu’s Amu Power company. Kenya for Justice and Development Trust (KEJUDE) said there is no demand for power produced by Lamu Coal Power to justify a hefty investment. It added it was
Kenya for Justice and Development Trust is demanding full disclosure from the government about the Amu Power Company dealings. The organisation said there is no current demand for the power that will be produced by Lamu Coal Power to justify the hefty investment of about
Kenyans pay high prices for electricity up to USD$0.19/kWh for residential customers compared to about US$0.10 in South Africa which is a barrier to the country’s sustainable economic development. The country is also expecting a steep rise in demand.To address this Kenya is modernising its
In August last year, South African President Jacob Zuma opened the first generating unit of the Medupi Power Project, which is expected to be the fourth biggest coal-fired power plant in the Southern Hemisphere when fully operational. Designed to address South Africa’s chronic power shortages, the
Lack of demand from large electricity customers has forced the Government to ease up on an ambitious power upgrade plan. The plan aimed to increase the country’s installed electricity generating capacity by 5,000MW. In 2013, the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum unveiled an ambitious initiative