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Land owners displaced by Sh5b road project yet to get payout

A section of Kapseret residents, Uasin Gishu County, on December 15, 2020, who surrendered land for the construction of the Eldoret bypass. They yesterday protested over discrimination in payment of compensation money for the infrastructure project. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

Some residents have not received compensation for land they surrendered three years ago for construction of Sh5 billion Eldoret southern bypass.

Led by Kenya's former ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo Jacob Chumba, the residents are now threatening to move to court to halt construction of the project listed as one of Jubilee administration’s signature projects in the North Rift region.

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