LETTERS: Kenya should stick to renewable energy sources

The Nuclear Power and Energy Agency (NuPEA) has announced that it has contracted a Chinese firm, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), to determine the most suitable location for the construction of Kenya’s first nuclear power plant in the next eight to ten years.

The Chinese contractor has narrowed down the site to three possible locations in Lake Turkana, Lake Victoria and the Indian Ocean as the most ideal. The characterisation study will cost the taxpayer Sh1.5 billion while the total cost of building a nuclear power plant is estimated at $5 billion (Sh512.7 billion) and is estimated to take at least five years.