The Ministry of Energy is set to hold a stakeholders’ public participation conference on Monday, September 16, to get views of Kenyans on the proposed private investment partnership deal with Adani Energy Solutions Limited despite the uproar it has elicited from Kenyans.....CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
The public participation forum is set to get the views of Kenyans on whether they support an agreement where the government is planning to award Adani Energy Solutions Limited permission to transmit Kenya’s electricity. Should the deal sail through, the multinational company will take over from Kenya’s electricity transmission company and be in charge of the electricity transmission from the power generators, a move that has been opposed by Kenyans.
The government had initially expressed interest in the partnership to address the perennial power blackouts in the country that have been largely blamed on Kenya’s transmission infrastructure.
Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi blamed the blackouts on the old infrastructure of power transmission, pointing to a need for improvement in the infrastructure.
Wandayi, while reacting to the blackouts, claimed that the government had recently approved a Ksh117 billion power transmission infrastructure proposal from Adani Energy Solutions Limited.
However, according to the government, this could not be done by the state due to the fiscal constraints that the government is currently grappling with therefore necessitating the need for a private investor to assist the government.
Religious leaders on Sunday, however, asked the government to listen to Kenyans over the proposal to permit Adani Holdings to run Kenya’s infrastructure investments. The leaders asked the government to halt the process and listen to Kenyans who have expressed reservations over the partnership.
‘’We are saddened by the information that our infrastructure including the airport is going to be given to a foreigner despite the fact that we have blessed and talented businessmen who can run the same on our behalf, who are Kenyans,’’ Bishops from Glory Assembly Outreach implored.
Should Adani Energy Solutions get the deal, they will help the government construct 371-kilometer transmission lines together with five substations in Western and Eastern Kenya. This came even as the government remained on course with its public participation sessions to get views from Kenyans over the proposal to have Adani transmit Kenya’s electricity….CLICK HERE FOR MORE ARTICLE>>>
