A World Bank inspection panel established non-compliance with some of thE...institution’s policies related to indigenous peoples, involuntary resettlement and inadequate supervision by the bank. “The panel recognises the many positive aspects of this resettlement, but our investigation also confirmed that some of the most vulnerable people experienced harm during the resettlement process,” said panel chairman Gonzalo Castro de la Mata. The investigation was in response to complaints by some members of the Maasai community who alleged harm as a result of resettlement of four villages to pave the way for the project that is being implemented by Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), and is jointly financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and other donor agencies...

A total of 1,181 men, women and children will be moved to make way for the power plant. The entire resettlement area covers 1,700 acres of land bought by KenGen where the company has built 150 homes for those affected.