Kenyan Conservationists Try to Stop Ethiopia Power Purchase
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Kenyan conservationists filed a court case against the government and Kenya Power and Lighting Ltd., arguing they’ve disregarded environmental and social concerns in deciding to buy hydroelectricity from Ethiopia.
The Gibe III hydropower dam, a 1.5 billion-euro ($1.86 billion) project on the Ethiopia’s Omo River, threatens livelihoods in the region, Ikal Angelei, co-founder of Friends of Lake Turkana, said in a phone interview from Dublin today. The group filed the suit on June 14 at the High Court in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. No court date has been set.