President Uhuru Kenyatta when he launched the construction of the Nairobi Express Way from JKIA to Westlands, President Kenyatta in October 2019. /CFM-FILE. NAIROBI, Kenya Nov 25 – Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat will prioritise signing up more public-private partnerships on ticket projects to accelerate their pace of development and completion timelines over the next decade.
The Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport corridor –LAPPSET, the Konza Techno City, modernisation of aviation facilities, expansion of the port of Mombasa, and the standard gauge railway (SGR) are current on-going flagship projects that will make a significant contribution towards achieving the 10 per cent economic growth target and improve Kenya’s standard of living.
Transport in Nairobi is set to get a major boost with the ongoing construction of the Sh62 billion, 27km Nairobi Expressway, expected to be completed by December 2022.
Kenya, through its Public Private Partnership Unit and the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), executed Africa’s largest ever PPP through an agreement with the French company Rift Valley Highway, for the development of the Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit Highway project. The signing occurred in Paris on September 30th 2020 in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta. The financial close of the project is expected to occur by the end of 2021 and will cost about €1.3 billion, transforming the existing trunk road into a 175-kilometer dual two-lane motorway. The construction works are scheduled to last 42 months.
Similarly, the construction of three berths at Lamu Port, fully financed by the government is on-going with berth one already completed. A total of 32 deep sea berths are expected to be put up at a cost of Sh 500 Billion (USD 5 Billion). The remaining 29 berths will be developed by private sector investors.
The Secretariat projects the port to be operational by October 2021.
“Significant progress has been made over the years in line with our Medium Term Plans. The pace of completion has however been hampered partly by new developments beyond our control including current COVID-19 pandemic that has negatively impacted on economic growth across the world ,” said Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat, Director General, Kenneth Mwige.
Ministries, state departments and government agencies have over the 2019/2020 fiscal year experienced budget restrictions due to slow revenue growth compared to 2018 and Climate change effects on Agriculture sector occasioned by drought during first half of the year, followed by high rainfall in the second half.
Other factors that have slowed […]
