The National Environmental Tribunal has stopped construction of the Sh150 billion second phase of Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) until an appeal filed by activist Okiya Omtata and wildlife conservationists is heard and concluded.
To the orders from the tribunal, Omtata and Kenya Coalition for Wildlife Conservation and Management filed the appeal against National Environment Management Authority (Nema) for failure to stop the railway project which is currently underway without the benefit of environmental impact assessment licence.
In the order signed yesterday by chairman Jashon Awor, the tribunal ordered the Chinese contractor in the SGR project China Road and Bridge to stop all activities on the second phase of the project.
Omtatah and the lobby group claim that Nema’s silence in the face of continuing works on the SGR project is tantamount to Nema having licensed the project to be implemented outside the law.
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