Kenya’s High Court Pauses Adani’s $736M Power Project

A judicial suspension has stalled Adani Energy Solutions’ $736 million infrastructure project with Kenya, initially set up to boost the country’s electricity transmission. Kenya’s high court intervened after local activists raised legal and environmental concerns regarding the agreement between Adani and the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO). This ruling comes shortly after the partnership was formalized in early October, intending to establish and operate critical power transmission lines in Kenya.

The agreement, characterized as a public-private partnership, assigned Adani the role of developing, financing, constructing, and maintaining key transmission lines, with the project scope including high-capacity 400kV and 220kV lines between Gilgil, Thika, and Konza, as well as substations in strategic regions. According to KETRACO and Kenya’s Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi, the transmission project was expected to counter persistent power shortages, increase national grid reliability, and support Kenya’s development agenda.