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This case study by Natural Justice reflects on the legal victory where the National Environment Tribunal (NET) in Kenya blocked the construction of the Lamu Coal Fired Power Plant by setting aside its environmental license due to inadequate public participation and the omission of climate change assessments.

This case study by Natural Justice describes the legal efforts to protect fishing communities in Lamu, Kenya, from the environmental impacts of the Lamu Port Three Berth Project and a proposed coal power plant.

The National Environment Tribunal (NET) revoked the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) licence for a proposed 1,050MW coal-fired power plant in Lamu County, Kenya. The decision was based on failures in public participation, inadequacies in the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Study Report, and the failure to account for Kenya's Climate Change Act, 2016.

This document is a set of licensing conditions issued by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) on September 7, 2016, for the construction and operation of a 1050MW coal-fired power plant in Kwasasi, Lamu County, developed by Amu Power Company Limited.

This document is a record of a public hearing held on August 26, 2016, in the Kwasasi area of Lamu regarding the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the proposed Amu Power coal-fired power plant.

Minutes from a public hearing held on August 26, 2016, in the Kwasasi area regarding the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the proposed Amu Power coal-fired power plant in Lamu. The meeting, moderated by the County Commissioner of Lamu and attended by NEMA officials, Amu Power representatives, and local stakeholders, served as a forum for the public to express support or opposition to the project.