Compensation demands could delay Mombasa's Sh24b port project

Kenya Ports Authority MD Gichiri Ndua when he appeared before the National Assembly Environment Committee at Parliament on Thursday 15/10/15.PHOTO:BONIFACE OKENDO

The second phase of a multi-billion-shilling expansion at the Port of Mombasa is facing a threat from locals who want the Kenya Ports Authority to compensate them before mining sand for the project.

At a meeting of the National Assembly’s Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, KPA managing director Gichiri Ndua (below) was told that residents of Kwale County insist that they be compensated for the first phase before the second one commenced.