Thread by @JerotichSeii

Wakenya, with few hours to go before we vote for our future, here's some more about the state capture, cronyism & investor shakedowns in the energy sector especially in wind power.

Vote wisely & break the yoke around your neck & mine.

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2. As we queue for unga, remember that energy prices - bus fare, fuel, kerosene & electricity bills affect our cash flow and interferes with our ability to manage our household budgets & whether you will eat your ugali with mboga or nyama. Yaani kusukuma wiki.

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3. Kinangop Wind Power was a 60 MW project in central Kenya. Hundreds of local farmers were set to benefit as the wind turbines were to be erected on their farms, and wayleave transiting the area would have seen these farmers get huge amounts 💵💵💵.  

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4. Kinangop obtained financing 10 plus years ago & imported 60 @generalelectric 1.6MW wind turbines, which are now rotting in Ruai.The powers that be in central Kenya including politicians & brokers demanded bribes from the project investors. They declined.

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5. They stage-managed community protests where lives were lost & EPC offices attacked. Ati the turbines would stop the 🐄 from lactating.

The clever plan was to ensure the thermal diesel energy from IPPs kept 💵 rolling into politicians & brokers' pockets.

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6. Further North in Marsabit County, the govt is both a player & referee. The county entered into a partnership with China Water & Electricity Company for a 300MW wind project in Bubisa outside Community Land Regulations 2017 with zero community consultation.

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7. In that same Bubisa, Gitson Energy has a 300MW site with community participation & revenue sharing plan. Since Gitson - ask James Gitau - refused to pay bribes & kickbacks to politicians & brokers incl. @StateHouseKenya, it was sabotaged & remains stalled.

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8. In the same Marsabit, @KenGenKenya is developing a 1000MW wind farm next to LTWP, which wants to produce another 300MW & has discovered that KenGen is "convenient". These schemes ensure that corruption is priced into these projects & keep stima prices 📈.

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9. The Marsabit County Govt, CS Lands, Chief Lands Registrar & NLC continue to refuse to act within the CLR 2017, which will allow communities in Marsabit to register their community land and deal with investors directly. Ultimately empowering Wanjiku 💵.

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10. Politicians & brokers are busy auctioning hundreds of thousands of  acres of community land in Marsabit. Like clockwork, @LTWPOfficial is in court seeking an open-ended extension period not to comply with CLR2017 & delay the benefits to local communities.

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11. They continue to rake in billions 💵 while locals starve.

We have wind, sun & geo IN EXCESS but we will never enjoy lower stima prices until generation, transmission, regulation, distribution/sale cartels are stopped dead in their tracks.

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