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Land disputes delay coal-fired electricity

Amu Power chief executive Francis Njogu. PHOTO | FILE

Consumers will have to wait longer for the cheap coal-fired electricity to be connected to the national power grid as land disputes and delay in getting environmental approval extends production timeline by two years.

The construction of the 981.5-megawatt plant in Lamu was set to start at the end of this month and complete after 21 months, on June 2017.

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