Lamu port project takes off in 2012

A project worth a trillion shillings linking three countries will start next year, Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Monday

The Sh1.4 trillion Lamu Port-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor, which aims to construct another port in Lamu and build roads, will open up the Coast, Eastern and Northern Kenya regions.

Mr Odinga said the project will also enable the country exploit its vast resources and catapult the Kenya to a medium-income economy by 2030.

The transport corridor through Isiolo, Moyale and Turkana will open up development prospects in Northern Kenya, linking it to Southern Sudan and Ethiopia.

“The project also incorporates an oil refinery at Isiolo,” he said.

The PM was speaking on Monday when he met Boran elders from Marsabit and Isiolo counties in his office.He asked the communities to discard nomadic farming, which he said was unsustainable.

The chairperson of the Boran Community, who is also the Moyale County Council chairman, Mr Golicha Galgalo, urged the government to speed up the process of issuing IDs to the youth in Northern Kenya region. Source: Daily Nation