Kenya seems committed to generating at least 1 000 megawatts from nuclear within the next ten years. The country’s deputy president Wiliiam Ruto said recently that the country would develop a nuclear plant alongside other sources of energy such as geothermal, hydro, wind and solar. He said the government was committed to increase the capacity of electricity in the country to 5 000 megawatts in the next 40 months and expressed confidence that this will push the cost of production of energy down from 18 US cents to 10 US cents per unit.
“We want to grow the economy at double digits, deal with unemployment, under-employment by creating more job opportunities in the country,” Ruto said.
Explaining that Kenya has only been able to produce 1 600MW (megawatts) of electricity in the last 50 years, Ruto pledged that the government would triple the production, saying there was ready market for the increased energy in the standard railway and for all of those not yet connected to the national grid.
EAST AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS SPEARHEAD THE CONFERENCE
ReplyDeleteThe East Africa Oil and Gas Conference Australia is supported by Austrade and it is organised in partnership with the High Commission of the Republic of Uganda in Australia, The Kenya High Commission Canberra, The Ministry of Energy and Minerals of the United Republic of Tanzania, the Kenya - Australia Chamber of Commerce, The Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania in Japan, the Australia - Tanzania Business Council, and the Tanzania’s Tourism Goodwill Ambassador in Australia. The Minister for Energy and Minerals of the United Republic of Tanzania Hon. Prof. Sospeter M. Muhongo will launch the Conference. Relevant Government Officials from the East African region who have been invited include Ministers for Transport, Infrastructure, Environment and Tourism together with other experts in the Oil and Gas field.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INVITED
Hon. Davis Chirchir, Cabinet Secretary Hon. Eng. Irene Muloni
Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Kenya Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda
Hon. Esperança Laurinda Nhiuane Bias Hon. Prof. Sospeter Muhongo, Minister for Minister for Mineral Resources Republic of Mozambique Energy and Minerals, United Republic of Tanzania