Kenya's high court on Friday ordered a halt to the long-delayed development of a mega-port on the country's northern coast for at least two weeks to allow a lawsuit lodged by local landowners over compensation to move forward.
The $25.5 billion project, known as the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) project, would eventually link landlocked countries South Sudan and Ethiopia to the Indian Ocean via Kenya and include a port, new roads, a railway and a pipeline.