During expropriation, many complaints are observed and some of them are due to delayed compensation. In areas where expropriations took place, delayed payment was observed and no additional compensation paid to affected people. This has an impact on individual’s income, social and economic livelihood is affected by this untimely compensation. This research was to assess the role, causes and impacts of delayed compensation in the case study. Data was collected by using purposive sampling technique and the sample size used were 43 respondents. Primary data were collected through questionnaires, observation and interview while secondary through written books and office records. Results show that the delayed compensation played a great role and it is due to various causes such lacks legal required documents (37.21%), lacks account numbers (18.60%), lacks ID cards (16.28%) and unregistered landowners on the side of landholders and lack of enough funds due to high and expensive project initiated by the expropriator (27.91%). Field results show that the delayed payment of compensation has brought so many impacts to expropriated people such as delayed to pay their medical insurance fees for their health protection which caused them to buy expensive medicines in the pharmacy without any discounts (19 households which represent 44.19%),  being landless due to poverty while used to own land before being expropriated left them unable to buy other land (1 household representing  2.33%), not able to get loans from banks and other financial institutions since their land has been expropriated (12 households representing 27.91%), and delayed to pay school fees for educating and giving other basic needs to their children (11 households representing 25.58%). Researchers concluded that the expropriated persons are delayed in the payment of compensation because they are not familiar with the expropriation procedures as stated by the law and the time given of one hundred and twenty (120) days is not enough to get all required documents for those who do not meet the conditions.  Based on the results of this study, researchers recommend the government to consult the decentralized and local authorities for further evaluation of the level of implementation of the laws and policy established in solving required services, especially the law relating to expropriation in the public interest in Rwanda.