Nairobi, March 27 -- The government has announced fresh plans to expand the country's sole radioactive waste management facility station in Kajiado County.

Central Radioactive Waste

Officials of the Kenya Nuclear Regulatory Authority (KNRA) said an estimated Sh350 million would be required to complete phase one of the Central Radioactive Waste Processing Facility station inside Oloolua Forest.

Put up in 2010 and commissioned in 2022 by the government with the support of international partners, the station is the interim storage and processing installation for radioactive waste produced in Kenya.

The Departmental Committee on Health of the National Assembly and Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni recently toured the centre t...