Kenya: Indigenous El-Molo community claims KenGen has failed to provide sufficient information regarding proposed wind energy project; company did not respond
"Kenya: ‘Indigenous El-Molo community claims KenGen has failed to provide sufficient information regarding the proposed geothermal project; the company did not respond’:
Representatives of the El-Molo community claim that KenGen has failed to engage with the El-Molo community regarding the Marsabit development. They contacted the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre to support outreach to KenGen. The Resource Centre wrote to KenGen highlighting the concerns of the El-Molo that the company has failed to engage the community and provide sufficient information regarding the proposed project, and specifically asked for information concerning the following:
- Details of KenGen’s intentions and current steps taken towards the construction of the project on El Molo community lands;
- Any steps taken to engage with the El-Molo community, including details of the persons involved, the date(s) of such engagements, and a summary of the outcomes of such processes.
- Whether KenGen accepts that there has been insufficient engagement with this community concerning the Marsabit project.
- KenGen’s proposals for further engagement with the El-Molo community.
KenGen did not respond to the outreach.