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Kenya targets African Development Bank to back coal project

Finance Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich. [File, Standard]

Kenya is hopeful that the African Development Bank will approve a facility to back the rolling out of the 1,000 megawatt coal power project in Lamu, according to the National Treasury.

The bank is set to offer partial guarantee for the project, paving the way for the construction of the coal-fired plant.

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