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Garissa residents upbeat as solar project opens up forgotten area to key social amenities

An engineer inspects Solar panels at Garissa solar project that produces 50MW of electricity in a day, injecting the same to the national grid. The power source has stabilised power supply in Garissa town and neighbouring centres. Community living around the project has also benefited from a number of community projects. [Philip Muasya, Standard]

Before the installation of the 50MW Garissa solar power plant that was commissioned by President Uhuru Kenyatta two weeks ago, residents of Raya location had to walk for several kilometres to access key amenities.

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