ABSTRACT Geothermal development in Kenya’s Rift Valley will reap enormous energy benefits for the nation as a whole. But its impacts upon local communities, in this case in the Ol Karia area of Nakuru County, are often negative, and geothermal expansion has led to many divisions and conflicts over equitable resource use, environmental degradation, health impacts on humans and animals, forced resettlement, access to benefits including jobs, houses and profit sharing, human and land rights, and community representation vis-á-vis the geothermal companies. Many questions have been raised about the role of the state and international financial institutions (IFIs). Accusations abound at grassroots level of nepotism, corruption and discrimination, and some indigenous residents accuse the majority Maasai of doubly marginalising them in the scramble for rights and benefits. Against a background of historical continuities, land injustices, and global struggles for indigenous and marginalised peoples’ rights, this article examines the conflicts and complexities surrounding geothermal development at Ol Karia and its environs, and describes how people on the ground see the prospects for future peaceful co-existence with extractive industry on their lands.

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感受高温：肯尼亚裂谷对地热发展的反应

摘要肯尼亚裂谷的地热开发将为整个国家带来巨大的能源收益。但是它对当地社区的影响（在这种情况下，在纳库鲁县的奥拉卡里亚地区）通常是负面的，地热膨胀已导致在公平使用资源，环境退化，对人类和动物的健康影响，强迫重新安置方面造成许多分歧和冲突。 ，获得包括工作，住房和利润共享，人权和土地权以及社区代表对地热公司的利益。关于国家和国际金融机构（IFI）的作用，已经提出了许多问题。在裙带关系，裙带关系，腐败和歧视等基层，一些土著居民指责多数马赛族人在争取权利和利益的过程中将他们双重边缘化。在历史连续性，土地不公正以及为土著和边缘化人民的权利而进行的全球斗争的背景下，本文研究了Ol Karia及其周边地区地热开发的冲突和复杂性，并描述了当地人如何看待未来的前景与他们的土地上的采掘业和平共处。