It’s Kenya’s most anticipated venture, the Sh2 trillion Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport Corridor project aimed at boosting economic activities and tripple the country’s GDP.
Its main sections are Lamu Port, Lamu-Ethiopia-South Sudan highway, Lamu-Juba-Addis Ababa railway, oil refinery and a 2,240km pipeline linking oil fields in South Sudan to the refinery at Lamu Port.It also includes construction of three resort cities at Lamu, Isiolo and Lokichoggio, construction of airports in the resort cities and development of a 1,100MW power line and a 185km water supply line.