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Deal #1371 Version #53010
Kenya
Created at
2013-02-15
Last update
2021-06-03
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
Intention of investment
- [2007, current] Biomass for biofuels, Food crops, Renewable energy unspecified (16000.0 ha)
Nature of the deal
Nature of the deal
Lease
Negotiation status
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
Implementation status
- [2012] Project not started
- [2021, 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). The company is struggling financially and advertised that certain non-core assets at other operational sites would be open for bidding in May 2019. The ethanol factory was running (buying produce from smallholders and other large-scale goverment farms) until April 2021 when workers were sent home. It is understood that the land for planting has not been brought into operation yet (2021).
Contract farming
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.