Nuclear power agency a waste of funds – John Ngumi report.
Kenya has 16 more years to attain its nuclear power dream, hence no need for an agency right now, according to a presidential task force
This is one of the recommendations in the full report by the task force appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta to lo into the country's power purchase agreement (PPAs).
According to the John Ngumi led team, the agency has been receiving at least Sh500 million from the Treasury since 2019 but spends most of the cash on salaries for now since Kenya's Nuclear power generation hopes targets 2037.
''It is unlikely that the country will go into nuclear power production in the foreseeable future. It is our considered view that Nuclear Power and Energy Agency (Nupea) to be abolished,'' the task force recommends.
It wants the agenc...