Kenya: Court Throws Out Second Legal Challenge Against Jw Marriott Mara Safari Camp

Kenya: Court Throws Out Second Legal Challenge Against Jw Marriott Mara Safari Camp

Narok -- The Environment and Land Court has, for the second time this year, thrown out a legal challenge against the multi-billion-shilling JW Marriott Maasai Mara Safari Camp, ruling that opponents of the luxury development bypassed the law by moving directly to court instead of first seeking redress before the National Environment Tribunal (NET).

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The court heard and accepted scientific evidence that no gazetted, recognized, or scientifically documented corridor passes through the project site.

Court strikes out second case against luxury hotel at Mara

The Environment Court has struck out a second case which was filed to challenge the construction of luxury hotel at the Maasai Mara- JW Marriott Mara Safari Camp. Environment and Land Court Judge Lucy Gacheru in her ruling yesterday said that the case filed by the East Africa Tour Guide Drivers Association was defective as they had jumped the gun in their case against Ritz-Carlton Company LLC and Marriot International INC. She observed that alth…

Court throws out second legal challenge against JW Marriott Mara safari camp

NAROK, Kenya, Jul 3 — The Environment and Land Court has, for the second time this year, thrown out a legal challenge against the multi-billion-shilling JW Marriott Maasai Mara Safari Camp, ruling that opponents of the luxury development bypassed the law by moving directly to court. Instead, the court said the petitioners should have first sought redress before the National Environment Tribunal (NET). In a ruling delivered on Thursday, Justice L…

Fresh court battle over new luxury developments in the Maasai Mara

The case marks the latest chapter in a long-running legal battle over the Ritz-Carlton Maasai Mara Safari Camp, a luxury lodge operated by Lazizi Mara under the Marriott brand near the Sand River...