This archive report was first published on 23 October 2019.
On October 23, 2019, Chief Justice David Maraga appointed a new three-judge bench to hear a Sh70 billion wind power project case that had stalled after three judges recused themselves.
Justices Peter Muchoki Njoroge, Yuvinalis Angima, and Grace Kemei will hear the matter from January 20 to 23, 2020.
The case, which has been pending for over five years, was marred by constant adjournments, with 39 appearances recorded, but only 13 actual hearings.
Justice Njoroge observed that the four allocated days are enough for the bench to listen to evidence from the two remaining witnesses and conclude the matter.
The case involves a dispute over land allocation in Marsabit county, with residents claiming that Lake Turkana Wind Power Ltd was irregularly allocated their ancestral land.
The residents, led by Mohamed Itarakwa, Kochale Jomo Jale, Issa Jitengwe Gambare, and David Tomasot Arakhole, want the land to revert to the community and the nullification of the title deed issued to the wind power company.
They have also enjoined the Marsabit county government, attorney-general, the Chief Land Registrar, and the National Land Commission as respondents.
