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Garissa-based 55MW solar farm starts operations in Dec

REA chairman Simon Gicharu with board member Justus Otwani (left) at Kawi House in Nairobi yesterday. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG

By  Lynet Igadwah

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

East Africa’s largest solar power plant in northern Kenya is set to start operations later this year, adding clean and affordable power to the national grid.

The 55-megawatt solar plant in Garissa is expected to produce power for 625,000 homes.

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