Save Lamu v. National Environmental Management Authority

This case involved the issuance of a license for a coal-fired power plant (the first in Kenya) by the National Environmental Management Authority. The plaintiffs argued that the issuance failed to have meaningful public participation in the process, that the Environmental Assessment was incomplete and scientifically insignificant, and that consideration should be given to climate change under the Climate Change Act of 2016.

Amu Power, the company seeking to build the plant, has appealed the decision. Since the loss of the NEMA license, several investors have pulled from the project.

http://climatecasechart.com/non-us-case/save-lamu-et-al-v-national-environmental-management-authority-and-amu-power-co-ltd/

https://climate-laws.org/geographies/kenya/litigation_cases/save-lamu-et-al-v-national-environmental-management-authority-and-amu-power-co-ltd