Government fined Sh1.7 billion for Lapsset lapses

The Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport Corridor project in Lamu. The judgment will impact on the project as the contractors will have to wait for clearance by Nema. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The Government has been ordered to pay 5,000 fishermen Sh1.7 billion for failing to consider the environmental harm caused by the Lamu Port, South Sudan, Ethiopia Transport Corridor project in Lamu.

In a verdict that could portend a big win for Lamu Island residents, the High Court also ordered the State to return the Sh2.5 trillion Lapsset corridor project to the National Environment Management Authority for re-evaluation and report back the findings to the court within a year.