<p>Cultural heritage has always shaped and been shaped by the social, economic, and political factors as it defines people’s identities, their uniqueness in time and space, and the relationships among the people of different origins at varied levels of interaction. Infrastructural development presents both opportunities and challenges for the proper identification, study, conservation, and promotion of cultural heritage as a human right and a key element of sustainable development. This paper presents three case studies that demonstrate the varied and unique approaches to the issues of cultural heritage management in the context of development in Kenya. The selected projects were arrived at as a sampling strategy based on their varied degrees of representation of the different aspects of cultural heritage in developmental planning, funding, regulatory framework, and the progress in implementation across the country for the past three decades. The three case studies are Sondu Miriu Hydroelectric, Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor, and the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) projects. The relevancy of each project was the potential magnitude of its impact, the financing agency, the governance structures responsible, the associated environmental issues during implementation, the affected communities, the policy makers, the heritage management practitioners, and the legislative and regulatory framework in vigour during its implementation. We then scrutinized how the different stakeholders interacted towards the safeguarding of cultural heritage before and during project implementation. </p>