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Deal #1371 Version #53007

Kenya

Created at

2013-02-15

Last update

2018-05-25

Last full update

2024-07-29

Land area

Intended size

16 000 ha

Size under contract (leased or purchased area)

[2007, current] 16000.0 ha

Comment on land area

TARDA has been granted a total of 40 000ha for this project and others.

Intention of investment

[current] Biomass for biofuels, Food crops, Renewable energy unspecified

Nature of the deal

Lease

Negotiation status

[2007, current] Concluded (Contract signed)

Comment on negotiation status

Another data source states in June 2008, the proposal was approved by the Kenyan Government’s National Environment Management Authority. In July 2008, a High Court injunction stopped Mumias Sugar Company from making any further decisions regarding implementation of the sugar project, halted the Tana River County Council from taking any action in respect to the land which is the subject of the suit, and barred Kenya’s Commissioner of Lands from issuing a title deed for the land and the Water Resources Management Authority from issuing a water permit to the Tana Integrated Sugar Project. In June 2009, Kenya’s High Court ruled in favour of the developers on a technicality.

Implementation status

[2012, current] Project not started

Comment on implementation status

Early March 2013, Mumias, declared it would put its plans for the Tana Delta on hold, which has been associated with the financial problems the company faces. Indications are that the company will be liquidated (April 2018).

Contract farming

Yes

On leased / purchased

Yes

On leased area/farmers/households

[current] 4000.0 ha

Comment on contract farming

4000ha is reserved for outgrower schemes.