NAIROBI: The long-delayed progress of the country’s mega-port at northern coast has been further delayed by Kenya’s High Court in order to make proceedings in a court case which was filed by landowners over compensation to move forward.
The $25.5 billion project, known as the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) project, would eventually link landlocked countries South Sudan and Ethiopia to the Indian Ocean via Kenya and include a port, new roads, a railway and a pipeline.
It was first conceived in the 1970s but has been gaining traction after commercial oil finds in Uganda and Kenya.