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Kenya begins work on the

next phase of LAPSSET

AFRICA KENYA’S Lapsset Corridor Development Commission (NLC) said the government was
Authority (LCDA) has begun work on the next making preparations to begin land acquisitions
phase of the Lamu Port-South Sudan Ethiopia for the LLCOP.
Transport Corridor (LAPSSET) initiative fol- James Long’ole, NLC’s co-ordinator for the
lowing the launch of Lamu Port in the second Turkana region, said that the commission, the
quarter of last year. Ministry of Petroleum and Mining, the Ministry
The agency said this week that its attention of Lands and other relevant state agencies would
had now turned to infrastructure, including start by sending technical teams to inspect and
a crude oil pipeline, that will enable traffic to survey the proposed pipeline route.
increase at the port and improve access to north- He also stressed that Nairobi was commit-
ern Kenya, as well as marketing the region as a ted to offering fair compensation to everyone
tourist destination. who will be affected or displaced by the LLCOP
The LCDA’s new director-general, Stephen project.
Ikua, said that infrastructure projects earmarked “The survey team will identify the project-af-
for immediate development include the Lokich- fected persons and the improvement on the land.
ar-Lamu Crude Oil Pipeline (LLCOP), the Lamu Compensation will be directly paid to affected
Special Economic Zone and important road communities, while for the unregistered land,
arteries. the benefits will go directly to the county govern-
“The eastern and north-eastern parts of ment, according to the law, unless other negotia-
Kenya hold untapped potential. It is rich in min- tions emerge,” he said.
eral resources, renewable energy, wildlife and According to previous reports, LLCOP is
livestock, horticulture and blue resources, which slated to follow an 892-km route from Blocks
we hope to tap through the construction of effi- 10BB and 13T, two oil-bearing licence areas
cient transport networks,” he said. in Kenya’s South Lokichar basin, to the Indian
He added that progress had already been Ocean port of Lamu.
made on the construction of roads in the cor- The cost of building the conduit – which will
ridor, including the completion of the 500-km have an initial throughput capacity of 60,000-
Isiolo-Marsabit-Moyale road. 80,000 barrels per day, rising later to 100,000 bpd
In December, Kenya’s National Land or more – is expected to reach $1.5bn.™

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