The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has drafted new rules that will change the way homes and businesses are built in the country. EPRA has suggested in the draft that has already been put out for public comment that all owners of new and old buildings should include plans for putting in solar water heaters.
If you don't do this, you will have to pay a fine of KES 20,000 or go to jail for six months. When the new rules go into effect, all Kenyans who own their own homes will have to follow them. It will be against the law to own a home without plans to install solar panels.
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority says that the new law will make it easier for people to use renewable energy sources in the country, which is in line with Vision 2030.
All new and existing residential and commercial buildings, such as hotels, restaurants, lodges, and laundries, are on the list of buildings to be attacked. The new order will have to be followed by hospitals and educational institutions like universities, colleges, and boarding schools.
Content created and supplied by: Kimjon (via Opera
News )
Opera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News. Any/all written content and images displayed are provided by the blogger/author, appear herein as submitted by the blogger/author and are unedited by Opera News. Opera News does not consent to nor does it condone the posting of any content that violates the rights (including the copyrights) of any third party, nor content that may malign, inter alia, any religion, ethnic group, organization, gender, company, or individual. Opera News furthermore does not condone the use of our platform for the purposes encouraging/endorsing hate speech, violation of human rights and/or utterances of a defamatory nature. If the content contained herein violates any of your rights, including those of copyright, and/or violates any the above mentioned factors, you are requested to immediately notify us using via the following email address operanews-external(at)opera.com and/or report the article using the available reporting functionality built into our Platform
See More
COMMENTS