Oil pipeline compensation claims outnumber affected persons
April 26, 2021 Oil pipeline: There are more claims than affected persons
The number of persons with interests on land located in the route of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is nearly 1,000 more than the number of Project Affected Persons (PAPs), according to information available.
According to the approved resettlement action plan, a total of 3,792 people will be compensated by the project. Of these, 3,096 people have land interests while 696 hold licensees with structures, crops, or trees growing on land owned by other persons. However, the report indicates that 3,096 PAPs with land interests hold a total of 4,038 different landowner interests in the affected areas.
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