Legal Empowerment: Liberate the Oppressed from Environmental Injustice: A Case Study of Sand Mining at Ras-Kitau, Lamu County

The document details how residents of Ras-Kitau, supported by Natural Justice, successfully halted a sand mining operation that caused beach erosion and mangrove degradation by proving the project lacked the legally required Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and license.

• A sand mining operation started on December 22nd, 2016, to protect the Majlis Hotel's shoreline, which resulted in environmental and structural damage including mangrove degradation, beach erosion, submerged homes, and the loss of landing sites.
• The mining operation violated Section 58(1)(2) of the 2015 Environment Management and Coordination Act because it proceeded without a license or an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report.
• Following a complaint and site inspection facilitated by Natural Justice's Community Environmental Legal Officer (CELO), the Lamu County Director of Environment issued a cease order on May 11th, 2018, after the project proponent failed to produce the required EIA documentation.

APA

Muiruri, S. (2023). Legal Empowerment: Liberate the Oppressed from Environmental Injustice: A Case Study of Sand Mining at Ras-Kitau, Lamu County. Natural Justice. https://naturaljustice.org/legal-empowerment-liberate-the-oppressed-from-environmental-injustice-a-case-study-of-sand-mining-at-ras-kitau-lamu-county/

Chicago

Muiruri, Salome. Legal Empowerment: Liberate the Oppressed from Environmental Injustice: A Case Study of Sand Mining at Ras-Kitau, Lamu County. Natural Justice, 2023. https://naturaljustice.org/legal-empowerment-liberate-the-oppressed-from-environmental-injustice-a-case-study-of-sand-mining-at-ras-kitau-lamu-county/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{muiruri2023legal, author = {Muiruri, Salome}, title = {{Legal Empowerment: Liberate the Oppressed from Environmental Injustice: A Case Study of Sand Mining at Ras-Kitau, Lamu County}}, institution = {Natural Justice}, year = {2023}, month = aug, url = {https://naturaljustice.org/legal-empowerment-liberate-the-oppressed-from-environmental-injustice-a-case-study-of-sand-mining-at-ras-kitau-lamu-county/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }