Africa has been witnessing increasing large scale land acquisitions in the last few years. Thousands of acres have been compulsorily acquired either for agriculture or infrastructural development. This is mostly in hitherto marginalized area. While the consequences of compulsory land acquisition in Kenya is not pronounced, acquisition for infrastructural development is provoking growing concern over the level of stakeholder involvement.
In this article, we interrogate the level of stakeholder involvement in the processes where government require land for what is now known as ‘mega structures’. These include notably the ongoing Standard Gauge Rail and the seminal Lamu Port Southern Sudan Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPPSET).
These projects have raised the question whether the land owners were adequately informed about the prices of their land, the social-economic and environmental impact of these project.
This article therefore seek to analyse the level of awareness among stakeholders with the right information, their reaction and strategies in the face of the government projects.