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Sh6b waste plant raises hopes of jobs for struggling residents

Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and Swedish VR Holding Limited Company President Victoria Rikede at the official commissioning of construction of energy from waste plant at Mung'ang'a in Mumias East on March 1, 2022. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

The construction of a multi-billion-shilling waste-to-energy plant in Mumias East, Kakamega County has started a decade after it was initiated.

A delegation of top county officials led by Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and a foreign investor presided over the groundbreaking ceremony of the Sh6 billion project expected to incinerate approximately 800 tonnes of municipal solid waste per day.

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