Treasury cancels Sh337bn High Grand Falls dam project

Masinga Dam spillway before it joins the Tana River in this picture taken on December 14, 2019. The cancelled High Grand Falls was to be built along the Tana River.

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Construction of the Sh337 billion High Grand Falls dam has been terminated, dealing a blow to efforts to increase hydropower in the national grid and water for irrigation-fed agriculture in three surrounding counties.

Treasury disclosures show that the government approved termination of the project in the first week of this month, citing failure to meet a number of undisclosed conditions in the development plan.

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