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Cases / Oil, gas and coal operations · Kenya · 2019

Kenya tribunal cancels licence for Lamu coal plant

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 1 none on record · 1 not measured · 2 unclear See the gaps

Kenya's National Environment Tribunal cancelled the environmental licence for a 1,050 MW coal plant at Lamu and ordered a new impact assessment. The tribunal cited missing meaningful public participation and an incomplete assessment.

What?
Kenya's National Environment Tribunal cancelled the environmental licence for the 1,050 MW Lamu coal plant and ordered a new assessment. Greenpeace Africa
Where?
Lamu, Kenya Greenpeace Africa
When?
Tribunal ruling dated 26 June 2019 Greenpeace Africa
Who?
Gained
  • Amu Power — Held the NEMA licence for the plant until the tribunal cancelled it Greenpeace Africa
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
The tribunal found public participation not meaningful and the assessment incomplete, and cancelled the licence on that basis. Greenpeace Africa
6 of 6 questions answered from the record

What happened

The record, in order.

On 26 June 2019 Kenya's National Environment Tribunal cancelled the environmental licence that the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) had granted to Amu Power for a 1,050 MW coal plant at Lamu.

The tribunal found that meaningful public participation had not taken place and that the environmental impact assessment was incomplete, and it ordered a new assessment.

The tribunal's chair, Mohamed Balala, described public participation as the oxygen that gives life to the assessment report.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    1. 2019-06-26Outcome not on record
      NEMA licence for Amu Power's Lamu coal plant
      National Environment Tribunal · Civil · →

      The tribunal cancelled the licence and ordered a new environmental impact assessment. Whether the decision was appealed, or whether the licence was formally ended, is not stated in the sources reviewed. Greenpeace Africa

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Court

    • Unclear NEMA licence for Amu Power's Lamu coal plant: outcome not on record.

    Record

    • Unclear Whether the decision was appealed, or whether the licence was formally ended, is not stated in the sources reviewed.
    • None on record Who would be harmed by the plant, and how, is not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

    Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts— Press and investigations✓ Communities and civil society— Researchers

    Communities and civil society

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