Ancient forested villages stretch along 200km of Kenya's coast Nearby mines feed a huge state-sponsored infrastructure project Local fishermen say quarry waste is affected their catches By Federica Marsi KILIFI COUNTY, Kenya, June 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - W earing a crown of cowry shells and traditional regalia, Hillary Mwatsuma intoned a prayer to the ancestors who have been laid to rest in Kaya Kauma, one of 45 sacred forested villages scattered along Kenya's southern coast, since the 16th century.
[media type="image" id="942129" layout="small" position="right" caption="1"][/media] Two major railway expansion projects have plunged into uncertainty as China has decided not to finance one of those and the Chinese contractors for both the projects have refused to work following downward revision of the contract prices.