Kenya to set up nuclear electricity regulator next year as Cabinet clears Bill

An overview of the site of the Doel Nuclear power plant with the two cooling towers photographed from the banks of the Scheldt.

The Ministry of Energy expects to set up the body to regulate nuclear electricity next year in a move that will concretise plans to build Kenya’s first nuclear power plant by 2027.

The Kenya Nuclear Electricity Board (KNEB) last week said the bill providing for the set-up of the regulator as well as other institutions that will oversee the country’s nuclear power over the next decade had received approval from the cabinet.