"North Mara to Compensate Villagers"

Tarime — Officials in Tarime District have confirmed that North Mara Gold Mine, currently known as Acacia Mine, will start paying compensation to people who have been demanding 'payments' from it any time from now. Tarime District Council Executive Director (DED) Mr Apoo Castro Tindwa said this recently, shortly after convening a meeting with local leaders from communities surrounding the company to condemn recent intrusions into the mine..."Already the list of the eligible people is out and they will get their compensation any time from now ", Mr Tindwa said briefly without going into details.

For several years, the mine has been paying billions of shillings as compensations to the indigenous people whose farming land or houses have been taken as part of the company for its mining activities. In the process, some residents have not been compensated despite the mine showing interest or occupying their ancestral lands. He said the presence of the mine has multiple benefits to the communities as well as the government, citing them as paid levy and supporting development projects in its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)