The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) has announced that any person affected by the Adani Energy Solutions Limited (AESL) power project will be compensated.
In a statement, KETRACO assured that all the project-affected persons will be compensated for losing their assets and structures and any damage to crops and trees.
Similarly, Parastatal assured that any person displaced by the project would be fully resettled.
KETRACO asserted that executing these measures will mitigate the project's negative effects.
“They will also be compensated at market value for limited loss of use of land for the parcels that will be affected by the transmission lines. In addition, any loss of business and loss of income will be compensated as part of livelihood restoration programs.”
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This comes days after the Energy Cabinet Secretary, Opiyo Wandayi, confirmed that the KETRACO and AESL signed a Kes 95.68 billion agreement that will see Adani build and operate four electricity transmission lines and two substations for 30 years before handing them back to Kenya.
The lines that are set to be financed through this agreement include the 400kV (Double-Circuit) Gilgil-Thika-Malaa-Konza Line, Which Will Span 208.73 km; the 220kV Rongai-Keringet-Chemosit Line, Which Will Cover 99.98 km; the 132kV Menengai-Ol Kalou-Rumuru, which will be an 89.88 km line; a 400/220kV substation at Lessons; and a 132/33kV substation at Thurdibuoro.
According to the CS, the project aims to address the country's “persistent” power blackouts.
