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Armed with maps, activists on the tourist island of Lamu have managed to stall plans for Kenya’s first coal-powered plant as local communities become more vocal about rising numbers of foreign-backed projects on their doorsteps.
Kenya’s government in 2016 granted a licence to Amu Power - a consortium involving Kenya’s Gulf Energy and Centum Investment , some Chinese companies as well as U.S. and Omani backers - to build the plant as demand for electricity soared.
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