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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.