Ketraco's Sh2.7B project in Kilifi face difficulties

Residents of Shangiya village in Kaloleni sub-County within Kilifi County chant slogans as they protest against an eviction order where they ancestral land amounting to more than seven thousand hectares have been awarded to an individual

KILIFI, KENYA: Planned construction of the Sh2.7 billion electricity supply station in Mariakani has been drawn into a vicious inter clan conflicts over the ownership of 7100-acres of land in Kilifi County.

On Monday irate settlers from three clans threatened to stop the construction until they are compensated for the 200 acres of land hived from the disputed larger parcel.