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Report: Indigenous tribes sidelined in Lamu port project

Lamu County Governor Isa Timamy with land owners at the new Lamu Port Site in the past. [PHOTO: MAARUFU MLOHAMED/STANDARD]

LAMU COUNTY: A civil society group has claimed that the multi-billion Lamu Port South Sudan Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) project may lead to injustices to host communities.

A report by the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) observes that local communities from the Coast such as the Aweer and the fishing tribes are being marginalised in the scramble for Lamu County.

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