📋 Tender Overview
Approval Date 24 Nov 2016
Signature Date 16 Mar 2017
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign Sovereign
Sector Transport
DAC Sector Code 21040
Environmental Category 1
Commitment U.A 1,400,432.45
Status Implementation
Project General Description
The LAPSSET Corridor Project is a Kenya Vision 2030 flagship project and is the first large, high impact infrastructure project initiated by the Government of Kenya without external assistance. This project is the single largest project of its nature in Eastern Africa, and LAPSSET will become Kenya’s second largest transport corridor once the project has been completed.
Project Objectives
Among others, the project will entail the following: (i) A port at Manda Bay, Lamu; (ii) A standard gauge railway line to Juba in South Sudan and Addis Ababa in Ethiopia; (iii) Road network; (iv) Oil pipelines (Southern Sudan and Ethiopia); (v) An oil refinery at Bargoni, Kenya; (vi) Three airports; and (vii) Three resort cities. The planned investment resources are equivalent to half of Kenya’s GDP (core investment). In fact, conservative feasibility statistics show that the project will inject between 2% to 3% of GDP into the economy. The LAPSSET Corridor Project will make a tremendous contribution into Kenya’s economic growth, with projections ranging between 8% and 10% of GDP. The project components are spread over a large part of Kenya and will open up the northern parts of the country, and relieve strain on the Mombasa Port.
