In Kenya, people rallied in Kilifi against a proposal to build the country's first nuclear power plant near the coastal town. teleSUR
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00:00In Kenya, people rallied in Kliffi against a proposal to build the country's first nuclear
00:05power plant near the coastal town.
00:07Protesters affirmed that the nuclear facility would disrupt economic activities such as
00:11fishing and ecotourism, the main sources of income for residents.
00:16They also denounced that they were not informed or consulted at any stage of the process.
00:21Demonstrators warned of possible displacement caused by the construction.
00:25The proposal is part of Kenya's long-term strategy to reduce its reliance on hydroelectric
00:30and fossil fuel energy sources by 2034.
00:38We say that this project has a lot of negative effects.
00:41There will be malformed children born out of this place, fish will die, and our forest
00:46araboko sokok, which is known to harbor birds from abroad, will be lost and the nuclear
00:51plant will cause us more harm than the benefits.
00:54Our main source of income here is ecotourism.
00:56We depend on the environment.
00:58We host only East African coastal forests.
01:02We host the Watamu Marine Park.
01:04We host the largest mangrove plantation in Kenya.
01:09We do not want nuclear to come and mess up our ecosystem.
01:12It will kill fish.
01:13I have been a fisherman for 20 years.
01:15I survive by fishing, and if they erect a nuclear plant here the breeding sites for
01:19fish will all be destroyed and won't exist.