The Kipsigis Council of Elders have moved to court to stop the construction of Sh38 billion Itare dam in Kuresoi North, Nakuru County.
The Council chairperson Joseph Kimetto claimed the mega dam would divert rivers from Mau and Ndoinet forest to Nakuru and Baringo counties.
Kimetto said they had filed the petition at a time when the courts were in recess and the matter could not be addressed.
"No orders were issued today and the matter was postponed to a later date, the file had been referred to Mombasa and is yet to be returned," he said.
In their affidavit, the elders claimed the dam would turn the area into an arid landscape. They claimed the area would experience acute water shortage, and agriculture would be adversely affected in the region.