[kictanet] Wayleave storm threatens clean energy projects (add ICT Projects to that list)

[Ali Hussein]

Dear listers

This issue of Wayleaves is becoming a serious impediment to rolling out
critical infrastructure in our country.

Could using the Multi-Stakeholder Engagement Strategy work towards ensuring
that communities and county governments become strong partners in these
projects?

Why are communities becoming an impediment to the very projects that may
well uplift their lives?

What are we missing?

When Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) decided to sue some 561
Kajiado landowners last week, its executives were walking down a familiar
path.

Investors and government agencies working on multi-million shilling energy
projects have found themselves in the eye of a wayleave storm.
Residents have generally rejected compensation offers and at times resorted
to civil protests that have grounded work at the sites.

Read on:-

http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Wayleave-storm-threatens-clean-energy-prospects/-/539546/3096014/-/dfukifz/-/index.html


*Ali Hussein*

*Principal*

*Hussein & Associates*



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