People Daily | by Wycliffe Kipsang
The row surrounding the compensation of residents displaced to allow for the construction of Fluorspar Mining Company in Elgeyo-Marakwet County took a new twist after locals demanded Sh4 million per acre.
The residents have also complained that the Sh1 billion set aside by the government for compensation is too little and are now demanding Sh9 billion after they were rendered homeless from their 9,070 acres of ancestral land.
“We want private valuation carried out since the government agencies are likely to…
