Blow as AfDB exits Nairobi waste power plant project on delays

A garbage dump in Kibera in this picture taken on February 27, 2022.

Photo credit: Dennis Onsongo | Nation Media Group

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has exited a multibillion-shilling renewable energy project in Nairobi’s Kibera slum due to multiple delays in procuring services to kick-start the venture.

The continental lender had in January 2018 awarded Asticom Kenya Limited a $995,000 (Sh128.8 million at the current exchange rate) grant for the planned 12 megawatt (MW) Kibera Waste-to-Energy Plant.

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