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Regulator withholds licence for Sh200 billion coal power plant

Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) director-general Joseph Ng'ang'a. PHOTO | FILE

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has withheld the licence for Kenya’s first coal-fired power plant following environmental concerns of the Sh200 billion project.

ERC director-general Joseph Ng’ang’a on Wednesday said the plant’s operating licence has been put on ice pending a fresh review of complaints raised by a civil society group of the mega-plant’s threats to the environment.

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