Natural Justice has submitted comments on Kenya’s draft National Energy Policy (NEP). You can access the submission here.
Summary: Kenya has in recent years published different plans, strategies and roadmaps to facilitate progressive energy development that prioritizes renewable energy. Some of these include, the Kenya Energy Investment and Transition Plan, 2023 – 2050, the Green Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap for Kenya (September 2023) and Draft National Green Fiscal Incentives Policy Framework (December 2022).
As the overarching energy policy document, the draft National Energy Policy (NEP) should confirm whether any of these documents in draft need to be finalised and provide timelines for their conclusion. The policy should also clarify the policy status of these documents and whether any of them (particularly the energy investment and transition plan) represent government policy positions. This will provide certainty. A statement on how these various documents complement and feed into the draft national energy policy will also foster policy coherence.
