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Kenya to pull the plug on expensive thermal power plants

Handle plans to halt IPP pacts with care. PHOTO | AFP

By  Edwin Mutai

Nation Media Group

Political Reporter

Kenya will terminate expensive thermal power plants to help lower the high cost of power, Energy Principal Secretary Alex Wachira has told Parliament.

The first target will be the Muhoroni gas plant and those in the southern parts of Nairobi, which are blamed for the expensive cost of energy.

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