Gogo Falls Water resources development (MPP)
Overview
Summary
This Project is located in Western Kenya. The objective of the project is to harness, conserve, and control and utilize waters of Kuja River for the socio-economic development of the semi-arid Lower Kuja area. The dam is intended to provide flood controls, irrigation development and hydropower generation. The project includes a 155 Mm3 dam, 20MW electricity, 30,000ha of irrigation, up to 86,400m3 /d water supply, benefitting 1.152m people. Detailed feasibility and design studies have been done for this project and it now requires implementation, estimated at USD 393.7m over 3 years, which has been included in NEL-IP.
Description
This Project is located in Western Kenya. The dam is intended to provide flood controls, irrigation development and hydropower generation. The project includes a 155 Mm3 dam, 20MW electricity, 30,000ha of irrigation, up to 86,400m3 /d water supply, benefitting 1.152m people. Detailed feasibility and design studies have been done for this project and it now requires implementation, estimated at USD 393.7m over 3 years, which has been included in NEL-IP.
Objectives
utilize waters of Kuja River for the socio-economic development of the
semi-arid Lower Kuja area.
Progress history
- 2020 Pre-Feasibility
Key facts
- Programme
- Nile Equatorial Lakes Investment Program-NEL-IP
- Status
- Active
- Countries
- Kenya, Kenya, Kenya
- Last updated
- 26 Feb 2026
Financing
USD million- Preparation cost
- 0.00
- Preparation funding gap
- 0.00
- Capital cost (CAPEX)
- 393.00
- CAPEX funding gap
- 0.00
- Operation cost
- 0.00
Stakeholders
- Kenya - Government of Kenya
- GoKE
- Nile River Basin Program
- NRBIP
- Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program
- NELSAP