Foreign Correspondent Margot Kiser
Letters to Annie from Kaftanistan
In 2017? If it goes through it will be the first in East Africa. A consortium of Kenyan and Chinese companies is proposing to construct a 1,050 MW coal-fire power plant, only 13 miles from Lamu town. A mega-port now under construction is bad enough but nowhere as degrading to the environment and livelihoods as […]
ThinkAfricaPress Lamu Port: Development vs. Preservation? The multi-billion dollar development project in Kenya could bring much-needed employment and infrastructure, but at what cost to the area’s nature and culture? ARTICLE | 12 MARCH 2012 – 4:01PM Lamu, Kenya: Three African heads of state – Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki, South Sudanese president Salva Kiir Mayardit […]
