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Resettlement of locals cloud dam construction

National Water Harvesting and Storage Authority chairman Erick Okeyo (right)), CEO Sharon Obonyo and Kisumu County Commissioner Susan Waweru address the Press after a consultative forum on Koru-Soin dam in Koru was cancelled over Covid-19 fears. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Great expectations of compensation by hundreds of families in Nyando and Kericho counties is clouding the implementation of the proposed Sh25 billion Koru-Soin dam.

Although the government's target is to commence the project in the next two months, there is already anxiety among several families who fear they are likely to miss out on compensation for their land. 

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