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Kenya awards two coal blocks, plans power plant

Kenya has picked China's HCIG Energy Investment Company and Liketh Investments Kenya Ltd to develop two coal blocks in its Eastern region, the energy and petroleum ministry said on Tuesday.

The consortium will mine and process coal on blocks A and B within the Mui basin. The basin is sub-divided into four blocks, namely, A, B, C and D.

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