The Requesters claim that they are Indigenous Peoples who live and represent other community members in the Cherangany Hills in Kenya. The Requesters allege that they are being harmed by lack of recognition as Indigenous Peoples under Bank-financed projects implemented in their lands and territories. They also allege a lack of consultations in the design and implementation of the Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP) and Urban Support Program (USP), and ethnic discrimination and exclusion from the benefits of these two projects.
The Panel issued a Notice of Non-Registration on May 31, 2019. It determined the claims regarding the Natural Resource Management Project were inadmissible under the Panel rules because the project is closed. With regards to claims against the KCSAP and USP, the Panel did not find any discriminatory elements in the projects and a plausible link between the harms alleged by the Requesters and the projects.
