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Lamu coal plant still on, key investor says

Lamu residents protest against a planned coal power plant in 2015. They have rejected the project on environmental grounds. [File, Standard]

The development of a 1,050 MW coal power plant to be constructed in Lamu is on track, investors said on Thursday.

James Mworia, CEO of Centum Investment, which owns 51 per cent of the coal power plant, said the project has so far achieved considerable progress.

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