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Minister: No more Kenya power cuts
There will be no more power rationing in the country, Energy minister Kiraitu Murungi said on November 23 2009 at the Green and Competitive Electricity Conference at the Hilton Hotel, Nairobi. Photo/FREDERICK ONYANGO.
Posted Monday, November 23 2009 at 13:12
In Summary
Solar, wind and geothermal power generation will put an end to blackouts, says Mr Murungi.
“New energy solutions must be found to get free from hydro-reliance and from international oil prices that Kenya cannot influence,” he said.
Mr Achim Steiner, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, said that with the right policies, Kenya had a potential to export green energy to the rest of East Africa.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Raila Odinga set Kenya’s agenda to the December, United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
He said the focus should be on achieving a green economy by the year 2020.
“We are not going to Copenhagen for the usual blame game of who is causing most pollution and who is the victim.... We ought to come out with solutions,” Mr Odinga said.
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