The energy sector in the country has been urged to conduct an environmental and social impact assessment before the implementation of any projects to mitigate the electrocution of wildlife, which is on the rise.
The conservation stakeholders were speaking in a meeting at a Nanyuki hotel that targeted to devise measures that could be implemented by the energy sector to make power lines safe for wildlife. "The energy sector is expanding, and Kenya targets to have universal connectivity by the year 2030, and to achieve that, power lines are being built and might escalate interaction between power lines and the wildlife biodiversity," said John Oguda, energy consultant and former Kenya Power Company (KPC) employee.
He pointed out that there was a lot of electrocution of birds and wildlife in the already existing power lines. "Biodiversity is part of the power development system in the country, and we have witnessed a lot of electrocution.
Birds are being killed every time.
