Safety Questions raised over plans to build a Sh968 B nuclear plant

National Assembly Energy Committee David Gikaria (R) with member Elisha Odhiambo during their meeting with Safari link at Continental House, Nairobi. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

Participants at the meeting in Kisumu called to discuss the Energy Bill 2018, which seeks to establish the Nuclear Regulatory Authority, wondered why Kenya wanted to embrace nuclear power when other nations were abandoning it.

Winnie Ogot and Fred Odinga sparked a heated debate when they said industrialised countries such as Germany were running away from nuclear projects.