Ending 3 thermal power plants to cost Sh9 billion

A Turkana herdboy near turbines at the Lake Turkana Wind Power project in Loiyangalani. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter told the Senate that three thermal power plants with combined capacity of 190 megawatts are not needed after Kenya increased its share of cheap wind power.

But taxpayers should raise Sh9 billion to pay off the owners to disconnect the plants from the national grid or allow them to run down their contracts set to expire within five years.

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