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NLC unearths dubious compensation meant for fluorspar locals

President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House on November 1, 2018. [Beverlyne Musili,Standard]

Questions continue to linger as to who pocketed millions of shillings meant to compensate thousands of Kerio Valley residents who gave up their land for the mining of fluorspar over 40 years ago.

The revelation was made on Thursday when the National Land Commission (NLC) visited the residents who have been asking for compensation for over four decades.

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