Kenya sugar boondoggle blocked, for now.

A Kenyan court has temporarily halted a US$370 million sugar and biofuels project in a coastal wetland that conservation groups warned would threaten wildlife and local livelihoods.

Via Aguanomics, who noted:

We learn in the update that the sugar company is 20% owned by the Kenyan government. Always nice when your government can sell land to itself to generate cash.

This is going to be a really important decision for the future of Kenya and the future of biofuels everywhere. Can transparency and the rule of law withstand the onslaughts of vested interests?