The Court of Appeal allowed Kenya Railways (KR) and China Roads and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) to continue constructing a standard gauge railway line on a piece of land in Mombasa. CRBC has been contracted by Kenya Railways to construct the rail project.
The suspension, lifted by the Court of Appeal, had been issued by the Environment and Land Court in June pending the hearing of a case in which Kenya Railways was accused of not compensating Africa Gas and Oil and Miritini Free Port for land the railway is supposed to pass through.
The land in question had been the subject of an inquiry at public hearings in Mombasa that were conducted by the National Land Commission (NLC). The Commission then awarded Africa Gas and Oil Ltd compensation for the land and for interruption of business. African Gas and Oil Company went to court claiming they had not yet been compensated and that CRBC had already moved their equipment to the site. Miritini Free Port did the same, saying the government compulsorily acquired their piece of land but has not compensated them. Consequently, the Environment and Land Court in Mombasa halted the construction of the project.
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