Conflicting Injustices In Decolonization And Indigenous Land Rights: The Case Of The Lake Turkana Wind Power Project
Elsevier
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Abstract: Focusing on Kenya?s Lake Turkana Wind Power project, this study examines the marginalization of Indigenous groups through ambiguous land policies and detachment from global frameworks like ILO 169. It critiques the project's social impact, highlighting elite capture, restricted mobility, and involuntary resettlement. Using decolonial theory, it proposes integrating Indigenous knowledge into energy governance. Interviews, legal analysis, and ethnographic methods demonstrate the social fragmentation created by mainstream energy development. The study presents a framework for equitable renewable energy transitions grounded in Indigenous land rights.
Author:
Jacobo Ramirez, Eleonora Costantino, Christiane Durach, Jury Flickenschild, Han Chen Sun, Ikal Ang?elei, Paul Lekapana
Theme/Sector:
Climate Justice, Wind Energy, Turkana County, Land Use and Land-use Change
Year
2025