{"id":11966,"date":"2023-10-09T07:33:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T07:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=11966"},"modified":"2023-10-09T07:44:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T07:44:38","slug":"local-opposition-to-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=11966","title":{"rendered":"Local Opposition to Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Residents of Kamanyaki in the Tharaka South sub-county are opposing the government&#8217;s intentions to build the proposed Kibuuka Grand Falls Dam. The locals are concerned about potential land loss, lack of clarity regarding compensation, and the possibility of being displaced. Aron Kinampiu, a local resident, emphasized their uncertainty, saying, &#8220;We just want to know where we will go; please, there seems to be no possibility, and we have respected leaders, including an MCA and a governor.&#8221;During a public meeting, residents also raised concerns about the lack of communication regarding the project and the failure of local leaders to involve them in the dam&#8217;s construction plans. They have requested comprehensive project information from their leaders. Dr. Kijogi Kabisani, another resident, added, &#8220;We want to know how many people, and we ask our elected political leaders to represent us effectively.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FB_IMG_1696836676066.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FB_IMG_1696836676066.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FB_IMG_1696836676066-480x256.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 680px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Kamanyaki in the Tharaka South sub-county are opposing the government&#8217;s intentions to build the proposed Kibuuka Grand Falls Dam. The locals are concerned about potential land loss, lack of clarity regarding compensation, and the possibility of being displaced. Aron Kinampiu, a local resident, emphasized their uncertainty, saying, &#8220;We just want to know where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FB_IMG_1696836548352.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11969,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11966\/revisions\/11969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}