{{If the World Bank withholds cash meant to build a transmission line to Link Kenya to electricity generated from Ethiopia\u2019s mega Gibe III Dam, the idea would leave East Africa without US$ 1 Billion lost inform of energy costs every year.}}<\/p>\n
The transmission line valued at US$ 1.3Billion is part of a broader plan to link the electricity grids of Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, spurring growth and saving East African nations around $1 billion a year in energy costs.<\/p>\n
The World Bank has been urged to withhold support for a power line that would take electricity from Ethiopia to Kenya, citing environmental and human rights concerns.<\/p>\n
An advocacy group urged the new WB president Jim Yong Kim to hold fire. \u201cThe World Bank needs to rigorously apply its social and environmental safeguards,\u201d a letter to Kim stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cHuman Rights Watch has very serious concerns that the World Bank has failed to do so as the project currently stands.\u201d<\/p>\n
The roughly 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) transmission line is part of a nearly $1.3 billion project to link energy-producing Ethiopia with Kenya \u2014 where as many as 80% of the population is without power.<\/p>\n
However, Gibe III dam that will be the source of Electricity from Ethiopia is not funded by the World Bank.<\/p>\n
There are concerns that Gibe III dam construction could cause serious environmental damage to Lake Turkana, a Unesco world heritage site.<\/p>\n
Gibe III dam is the largest hydropower plant in Africa. When completed, the dam\u2019s 243-metre high wall will be the tallest of its kind in the world.
\nThe plan is for electricity to become Ethiopia\u2019s biggest export.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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