The Kenya Electricity Generating Company Ltd (KenGen) has been ordered to pay Sh10 million to some farmers whose farmlands along the Tana River were damaged by an oil spill from its power plant during the rainy season.
The Environment and Land Court in Garissa also ordered KenGen, under the supervision of the Garissa County Director of Environment, to put in place mitigation and restorative measures within six months, including a waste fuel disposal system that will prevent oil spills from being washed onto nearby farms or the River Tana, including during the rainy season.
