Residents seek payment before dam project starts

Farmer Charles Kipng'etich at the proposed Koru-Soin dam site in Muhoroni. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Hundreds of families living around Nyando and Kericho are anxiously waiting for compensation and resettlement after their land was earmarked for construction of the Koru-Soin dam project.

The residents want the National Land Commission (NLC) and National Water Harvesting and Storage Authority to ensure they are paid before the contractor starts work in October this year. Groundbreaking was scheduled for last Friday.