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A row is brewing between land owners and the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KKetraco) over unpaid compensation for the lands affected by the 220kV electricity transmission line project in West Pokot and Trans-Nzoia counties.
Landowners have threatened to take legal action if the company does not pay up.
Uproar in West Pokot over unpaid land compensation by Ketraco
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