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Kwale locals up in arms over delayed pay for Sh20b dam project

Mwache Dam workers protest at Mwache in Kwale County over underemployment and non-remittance of NHIF and NSSF by the company on March 16, 2024. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

Water Cabinet Secretary Eric Mugaa was on Wednesday greeted with protests over delayed compensation for property destroyed at the over Sh20 billion Mwache Dam project in Kwale County.

Hundreds of Project Affected Persons (PAPs) also said the government had failed to relocate three schools affected by the multi-purpose dam whose construction started last year before stalling in July this year.

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