Vision

Affordable quality energy for all Kenyans

Mission

To facilitate provision of clean, sustainable, affordable reliable and secure energy for national development while protecting the environment.

Mandate

The mandate of the Ministry of Energy is to facilitate the provision of clean, secure, sustainable and affordable energy services for social-economic development while protecting the environment.

Updates

The Ministry of Energy via the Nuclear Electricity Project (NEP) Committee in collaboration with the University of Nairobi and the National Council of Science and Technology is offering fifteen (15) Master of Science Scholarships to eligible Kenyans to pursue the Master of Nuclear Science offered by the Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology at the University of Nairobi.

Current Projects

Coal prospecting has remained a key project in the Ministry of Energy since 2000. Initial surface exploratory activities were concentrated in Mui Basin (400 Km2) of Kitui and Mwingi Districts but in 2002 work moved to Taru Formations in Kwale and Kilifi Districts in Coast Province. The main objectives of these activities were to determine basinal aerial extent and formational geology and also ascertain the presence of coal deposits. Currently exploratory drilling is ongoing in Mui basin and eight sub-basins have been identified in the main trough. Twenty six wells have so far been drilled. Coal seams have been encountered at various depths in eleven of these wells ranging from lignite to bituminous type.