Ketraco will spend
Sh41 million to
compensate land owners who will be affected by the construction of
Loiyangalani-Suswa 400KV transmission line
in Samburu county.
The company will compensate all farmers based on the sizes of their land, said
Kenya Electricity Transmission Company
communications manager Raphael Mworia.
"We are giving 100 per cent compensation on current value and an additional 15 per cent disturbance allowance for structures affected," Mworia said on Monday.
Each of the
36 land owners will get Sh250,000 or more given the size of their land. Mworia said the company
expects
74 pieces of land to be affected by the time the project is completed.
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Mworia asked local leaders to embrace the electrification project and not
make it difficult for the company to convince land owners by politicising the compensation process.
A month ago residents of Poro area in the county held protests against Ketraco's encroachment into their property.
The residents alleged that the company was destroying their personal property, structures and land.
Power lines for the transmission grid from Lake Turkana South to Suswa will pass through areas including Marsabit, Samburu, Laikipia, Nyandarua, Nakuru, Kajiado and Suswa.
The transmission line will then extend north from Suswa, to the Lake Turkana Wind Power site near Loyangalani, through Naivasha, Gilgil, Nyahururu, Rumuruti, Maralal and Baragoi, a distance of 428km.
The project, that follows a
power purchase deal between Kenya and Ethiopia,
will boost Kenya’s industrial production and lighting capacity
through cheap power.
Operations are expected to begin in December.
