Under the deal, KFS was to surrender 400 hectares of forest land in exchange for 570 hectares that was to be recovered from private land owners. The state agency pulled out of the land exchange programme for the Arror and Kimwarer dams project following claims that the procurement process was tainted with corruption. The state agency pulled out of the land exchange programme for the Arror and Kimwarer dams project following claims that the procurement process was tainted with corruption. Under the deal, KFS was to surrender 400 hectares of forest land in exchange for 570 hectares that was to be recovered from private land owners. According to KVDA Managing Director David Kimosop displaced residents were to be settled in land recovered from private land owners.

Source: Daily Nation March 16, 2019 15:47 UTC