Kenya: Uncertainty over Lake Turkana payments

Ministry of Energy and Petroleum principal secretary and former Kenya Power managing director Joseph Njoroge has suggested that the government may not be willing to pay for power from the 310MW Lake Turkana wind power project if the transmission line is not ready. The question of paying for power from the plant was always going to test the government’s resolve once it became clear that the line would not be finished in time because of issues securing land rights.