Coal not ‘cheapest or most reliable’ energy source

Shakila Abdalla (right) when She led locals in a demonstration protesting against Amu Power Company for the planned construction of a Coal Plant in the County saying the plant was a health hazard to the Locals.

Amu Power Managing Director Francis Njogu says the $2 billion (Sh200 billion) coal plant will be the cheapest and most reliable energy option for Kenya’s future energy needs, particularly serving manufacturing’s demands.

“One of the pillars of the Big Four we know is manufacturing and we have heard from the Kenya Association of Manufacturers and you have written about it yourselves that the cost of power is an impediment to industrialisation,” he said.