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The court addressed various legal and procedural challenges brought by petitioners against the LAPSSET Project, specifically focusing on environmental assessments, public participation, indigenous rights, and the protection of cultural heritage in Lamu County.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"natjust-000333#summary","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The Court ruled that the LAPSSET Project was procedurally infirm because the Project Proponents failed to conduct a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) before starting individual project components. 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These costs include intergenerational equity, the probability of calamitous events like oil spills or epidemics, and monetary and non-monetary welfare losses for the local population.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"natjust-000333#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The Court found a 'per se violation' of the constitutional and statutory requirements for public participation. No evidence was provided to show that the Project Proponents followed the steps prescribed under Regulations 17, 22, and 23 of the Environmental (Impact Assessment and Audit) Regulations, 2003.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"natjust-000333#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The Court ruled that the Petitioners' rights to access information were violated because no evidence was presented to show that preliminary studies or information regarding the conception of the LAPSSET Project were made available to the Petitioners to allow for full participation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"natjust-000333#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The Court found that over 4,700 fishermen from Lamu County have traditional fishing rights and that the government failed to compensate them, which was a prerequisite of the EIA Licence issued on 27/03/2014. 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