By PATRICK BEJA
Lamu, Kenya: Lamu residents have not been consulted on the upcoming multi-billion shilling Lamu Port project and are in the dark, Truth, Justice and Reconciliation (TJRC) says.
The report says communities in Lamu rely on the media to establish whether their rights to the land they occupy would be recognised if the Government moves to implement the Sh2 trillion Lamu Port South Sudan and Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) corridor project.
“Despite the significant social, economic, cultural and environmental impact which the Lapsset project is likely to have on local indigenous communities, little consultation has taken place and communities have been left to rely on the media to establish whether or not their rights to the land they occupy would be recognised,” TJRC says.
The report notes that the continuing nature of historic injustices emanating from the imposition of the project was captured in the memorandum by the Aweer (Boni) community forwarded to the commission.
