The National Treasury has terminated the Sh337 billion High Grand Dam falls project in Tharaka Nithi County over failure to meet key regulatory requirements during the evaluation process.
In its project progress and status report, the Treasury approved the termination of the project on July 2 citing the feasibility concerns.
The project was first approved to progress to a feasibility study in May 2023.
Upon review of the project development report, which was submitted for approval, the Treasury concluded that the project failed to meet key requirements. "An evaluation of the report determined and concluded that the Project Development Report did not meet a number of key requirements," read the report in part. "On 2nd July 2025, the termination of the project was approved in accordance with Section 43(11)(c) of the PPP Act," the Treasury noted in its projects progress and status report.
