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Kenya Wildlife Service Says Power Plant in Hellsgate Park Has No Effect on Environment, Wildlife (Standard Digital)

Hellsgate National Park
(Courtesy Kenya Wildlife Service)

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has moved in to allay fears that the ongoing construction of the 280 MWe power plant inside Hellsgate National Park was affecting wildlife and the environment.


With new roads and buildings being constructed inside the park, environmentalists have raised concern over the biggest project in the world that will end in September 2014.

KWS assistant director Jonathan Kirui said that an impact assessment study had been done and the geothermal project had been certified as safe.

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