Dandora power plant stalls in Kidero row with German firm

Nairobi governor Evans Kidero. PHOTO | FILE 

By BRIAN NGUGI, bngugi@ke.nationmedia.com

In Summary

• Sustainable Energy Management UG (SEM) claims City Hall is in breach of a contract for the ...proposed setting up of a 70 megawatts (MW) electricity generation plant jointly with the County Government at Nairobi’s Dandora.
• The German firm now plans to seek compensation of up to Sh600 million from the county government.
• The waste-powered plant had been billed as the county’s flagship project that would sustainably solve Nairobi’s garbage problem.