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Article

28 Nov 2014

Author:
Eunice Machuhi, Business Daily (Kenya)

Kenya: Court stops port construction until compensation for displacement is determined

"Court halts Lamu port construction" 28 November 2014

Kenya’s plan to build a second seaport has suffered another setback after the High Court sitting in Malindi halted construction pending determination of a petition filed by land owners.Judge Oscar Angote on Thursday issued orders temporarily restraining State agencies from carrying on with work on any part of the Lamu Port- Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) project until the land compensation case is determined. The injunction followed a petition filed in a Malindi court on Wednesday by Omar Jelani, Kassim Ali, Shumi Bamku, Khauru Omar, Swaleh Mohammed and Mahamad Rajab seeking to suspend the mega project...“An order of injunction is hereby issued for 14 days against Mrs Ngilu and KPA management, by themselves, employees, agents, assigns or any other person acting for or on their behalf from commencing or continuing with the dredging, construction, working on the land, doing port-related works.” said Mr Justice Angote...The plaintiffs claim they own land where part of the project is to be initiated and are seeking to be provided with information that would shed light on the mode of resettling and compensating those displaced.