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Keter, Amu shrug off Lamu coal setbacks

Activists outside the Supreme Court in Nairobi after the National Environmental Tribunal blocked the construction of Lamu coal power plant on June 26, 2019. AFP PHOTO | NMG

By  EDWIN OKOTH

Kenya has shrugged off the funding hitch and political headwinds facing its Lamu Coal Power plant and announced plans to steer the controversial project to its conclusion.

A day after the African Development Bank (AfDB) yielded to pressure from ‘clean energy activists and pulled out of the project, Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter said the move “may only delay the project’s completion timeline”.

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