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Government wins Sh60 billion geothermal energy exploration dispute

The Kenyan government has won a $600 million (Sh62.1 billion) court battle against a US-based firm which had lodged a case after cancellation of a licence to explore geothermal at Suswa geothermal fields.

The dispute now unveils an untold story that WalAm Energy Inc, a firm which had sued Kenya before International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in London for breach of contract, had no resources to carry out the massive project.

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