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Court reinstates gas firm's permit for Kilifi terminal

Lake Gas facility that is under construction in Kilifi. [File, Standard]

Liquefied Petroleum Gas firm, Lake Gas has scored a win after the Environment and Land Court in Malindi upheld the validity of its environmental licence when building a bulk cooking gas handling facility at Vipingo in Kilifi County.

The court set aside a ruling by the National Environmental Tribunal (NET) cancelling the firm’s Environmental Impact Assessment licence for the facility after it found that the project owners did not undertake adequate public consultation.

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