Article Kenya: Nuclear power plan exposes communities to deeper land rights abusesFrom the shores of Sanita Kitole’s quiet coastal town of Uyombo in southern Kenya, one can see dolphins bobbing in the water from time to time. But over the past two years, the town of Uyombo has made headlines, thanks to the government eyeing the area as the site for the first nuclear power plant in Kenya. According to NuPEA, the national nuclear power regulator, the country’s development ambitions could significantly increase its electricity needs, rendering the current electricity production, generated largely by hydropower, insufficient. But despite protests, plans to use the land for a nuclear power plan are technically legal and sources tell Mongabay that it is reigniting long-standing tensions over community land rights in the country. She adds county governments are sometimes not supportive or cooperative in helping securing communities secure land titles, due to conflicts of interest…In other regions, communities have also faced obstacles in gaining land titles.