Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Proposed Sh150 billion High Grand Falls Dam

Construction of Kenya’s biggest dam is set to start soon along River Tana. The proposed Sh150 billion High Grand Falls Dam will be the single largest undertaking by the government in the water sector and will supply water to the Lamu resort city and port.

The 165 square kilometre dam will also be used to generate between 500MW and 700MW of electricity and help to control flooding in the Tana delta that displaces thousands of people every year.

Its construction will be funded through a public private partnership with firms from the People’s Republic of China and the Export-Import Bank of China providing the finances.


image source: reliefweb.int/map/

read more: 
www.nation.co.ke/Features/smartcompany/...Kenyas-largest-fresh-water-dam/
www.constructionkenya.com/.../government-approves-high-grand-falls-dam/
ae-africa.com/Kenya Completes High Grand Falls Dam Feasibility Study

2 comments:

  1. On completion Kenya will be Middle World

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  2. Hopefully Uhuru/ Ruto govt will realise the importance of this DAM and make sure it'd done expenditiously. With this DAM , the Nation will be able to feed itself and have something for export. By the way the Govt should expand the Mwingi/ Tseikuru irrigation scheme tenfold

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