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Cranes set at the Lamu Port, in Lamu, in Kenya on the inauguration day of the first berth of the harbour.
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LAMU - A new deep-water port at the Kenyan island of Lamu launched a potential trade corridor for neighbouring countries despite local opposition.
The $3-billion Lamu Port is part of an ambitious $23-billion regional transport corridor known as LAPSSET, or the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor, launched nearly a decade ago, in 2012.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta presided over the commissioning ceremony.
From the start, the 32-berth port has faced opposition from local businessmen who depend heavily on tourism and fishing, as well as from environmental groups.
Kenya: Tribunal cancels proposed coal power project licence, says project ignored public participation & climate change legislation Tribunal cancels Lamu coal power project licence
The National Environment Tribunal has cancelled the licence issued to Amu Power Company Ltd for setting up a coal plant. The tribunal Wednesday said that the National Environment Management Authority (Nema) issued the environmental impact assessment licence to Amu Power without following the law.
[The] Tribunal also faulted the coal project for omitting engineering plans and key facts of the project from public participation as well as failure to take account of the Climate Change Act. Nema was faulted for granting the coal project a licence that appeared to be generic and not specific to the project. Katiba Institute had filed the case on behalf of the Save Lamu lobby group. Nema and Amu Power were listed as respondents. The tribunal, led by Mohamed Balala, said that should Amu Power consider p
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A crane loads operation equipment at Kenya Ports Authority. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]
The process to compensate fishermen affected by the construction of the Lamu Port Sh1.76 billion has started after a long wait.
Fishermen will soon start receiving the money set aside for their compensation once the exercise is complete.
A multi-agency team led by the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) held the first consultative meeting at the Lamu County Commissioner s office in Mokowe on Monday and resolved to speed up the compensation process.
This emerged even as KPA raced against time to clear with the 4,734 fishermen before operations of Lamu Port start.