A broken pipe is the only remnant of a road built during colonial times in Kenya. This literal “ruin of empire” lies on the route of the LAPSSET corridor.
Theo Aalders
Infrastructure projects are an enticing promise for a better future – but they can also evoke a violent colonial past.
Truck drivers, clearing agents and activists protest over job losses in Mombasa, Kenya.
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Mega-projects tend to represent the interests of state and business elites.
A young man watches a Standard Gauge Railway passenger train zoom over his home in Taita Taveta county, south-eastern Kenya.
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Contrary to the government’s promises of prosperity, Kenya’s mega-railway is heading down the wrong track of development.