The project will be developed in partnership with the Nuclear Power and Energy Agency, NuPEA. Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi says the initial phase will see the construction of a roughly 2-gigawatt facility, with plans to expand capacity to up to 6 gigawatts in the future. NuPEA Managing Director Peter Njenga says the contract is in good hands.

“I just want to assure Kenyans that we are equal to the task, we have developed very many power plants. So using the very same expertise  that we have used before to build the geothermal,  to build the hydro, to build the wind, we are going to ensure that building the power plant  the first one in Kenya is done within the timeline that are expected to help Kenya  to safeguard ourselves  to the power that is required to take us to the next level,” he said.