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(Above) Aerial shot of Lamu port.
An official at Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has told China’s Xinhua news agency that the long awaited Lamu seaport will open for business in June.
Being built by China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), the port is part of Kenya’s bid to become the principal trade hub in East Africa.
It is also part of LAPSSET, which stands for the Lamu Port South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor. If all the proposed schemes are built, this will include roads, oil and fibre-optic lines, a 1,500km railway, an airport and a refinery, and will require investment of around $24bn.
Bernard Osero, KPA’s head of corporate affairs, said the government had prioritised Lamu as the means of linking east and west Africa by road and rail.
“Lamu port will specialise in handling containers and oil cargo between the east African hinterland and the rest of the world … and will enable Kenya to become a gateway of choice for Ethiopia, South Sudan and Somalia,” he said.
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