Why is the government building a nuclear power plant when it has cheaper renewable alternatives?

Why build a nuclear power plant in Daba’a when we have cheaper renewable alternativesat our disposal? In a piece penned for Al Masry Al Youm, Seliman Gouda wonders why the government is so determined to roll ahead with a project that appears to have such limited rewards in comparison to the cost. He argues that the power plant, which will add a further USD 25 bn to the country’s mountain of debt, could easily be replaced by a wind- or solar-based project with the same output “for a quarter of the price, or maybe even less.”