10 Largest Projects to be completed by William Ruto
Kenya's economy is the largest in East and Central Africa, with an average annual growth
rate of 5% over the last eight years despite the global recession.
According to the African Development Bank, the Kenyan economy will grow by 5.7 percent
in 2023, one of the fastest rates in the year.
Kenya's economic growth has been impressive in comparison to many other African countries
over the last decade.
This expansion is attributed to increased investment and development in the country,
as well as robust domestic demand from private consumption and government investment in infrastructure
such as power plants, ports, and social amenities.
As Kenya strives to maintain its position as East Africa's business hub and one of Africa's
major economies, infrastructure development is unavoidable.
This is due to the importance of infrastructure in the development of any country.
In this video, we will look at the ten largest projects that the new Kenyan President, William
Ruto, plans to complete.
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2019 As a strategy to alleviate traffic congestion in the city, the Nairobi Metropolitan Transport
Authority proposed a bus rapid transit system.
Nairobi brt is a mass transit system with five lines that serves Nairobi City County
as well as the neighboring counties of Kiambu, Kogiardo, Machakos, and Murangar.
Because the city is concerned about the environment, the city's brt buses will be modern and electric,
with 160 seats.
The buses will operate on dedicated Lanes, a right-of-way that will allow them to travel
faster than existing fossil-fuel buses.
The brt system is expected to provide a dependable, safe, and comfortable system for city residents,
as well as an affordable mode of transportation.
9.
Nairobi Railway City.
Nairobi Railway City is an iconic, multimodal urban development spread across 425 acres.
The proposed Nairobi Railway City master plan, which seeks to expand and decongest the central
business district, includes a new railway station, a lush Golf Course close to the Upper
Hill business district, a large open Park key Heritage sites, and Industrial zones.
The Nairobi Central Railway Station area's strategic location perfectly positions it
to be an iconic nerve center for Nairobi's multimodal transport system, with a world-class
new Central Railway Station incorporating mixed-use commercial developments such as
hotels and Intermodal facilities.
Through the provision of an inclusive new Central economic zone, an integrated multimodal
Hub, and iconic urban space, the project is expected to increase Nairobi's revenue base
and create a larger Central business district.
The Nairobi Railway City is being developed by the UK firm Atkins Global, which was chosen
following a meeting in January 2020 between former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and
former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
8.
Tanzania Kenya gas pipeline Tanzania's and Kenya's presidents have agreed
to expedite the construction of a natural gas pipeline that will increase trade between
the two countries, lower energy costs, and lower Kenya's production costs.
This agreement was reached in October 2022 in Dar es Salam, Tanzania, during Kenyan President
William Ruto's first visit to Tanzania as head of state.
The gas pipeline will transport gas from Southern Tanzania, where massive natural gas reserves
have been discovered, to Dar es Salaam via the already existing gas pipeline.
The new pipeline will then transport gas from Dar es Salaam to Mombasa, and will eventually
reach Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
The 600-kilometer-long gas pipeline is expected to cost Kenya more than $1 billion.
7.
Malindi bagamoyo Highway.
The malindi bagamoyo highway, also known as the Coastline transnational highway, connects
the cities of Malindi and Mombasa in Kenya and Tanga and Bagamoyo in Tanzania.
The road begins in Malindi, Kenya, and travels south for 110 kilometers to Mombasa.
This section of the road is officially designated as part of Route B8, a national trunk road.
The road then continues south for 106 kilometers from the town of Lunga Lunga to the Tanzanian
border.
The highway, which will cost $751 million, is expected to improve cross-border trade,
tourism, socioeconomic development, and regional integration.
6.
Mombasa Nairobi Expressway.
Following the completion of feasibility studies, the Kenyan government recently announced that
plans for the Mombasa Nairobi Expressway are well underway.
The Korean Overseas Infrastructure and Urban Development Corporation conducted feasibility
studies for the project, focusing on demand projections, traffic projections, and affordability
projections.
The four-lane highway connects Nairobi, Kenya's capital city, to Mombasa, Kenya's largest
seaport and second largest city.
The 482-kilometer Mombasa Nairobi Expressway begins at Jataro along the Nairobi Nakuru
Highway and continues southeast from Jitaru in Kiambu County to join the existing Nairobi
Mombasa Road north of Konza town.
The high-speed road is a key growth driver for improving transportation infrastructure
and economic development along Kenya's Nairobi Mombasa Corridor, which handles more than
95 percent of cargo from Mombasa's seaport.
The Nairobi Mombasa Expressway costs more than $2.
7 billion.
5.
Kenya geothermal energy projects.
Kenya is Africa's largest producer of geothermal energy and the world's eighth.
In six years, the East African country increased its output from 168 to 821 megawatts.
Kenya has an estimated geothermal potential of 10,000 megawatts, making it an excellent
candidate for geothermal energy development.
Kenya's first geothermal site opened in 1984, in the region of old carrier, about 150 miles
from the country's capital Nairobi.
Kenya is currently working to expand its 23 sites, only four of which have deep Wells.
While geothermal power plants in olkaria currently have a generation capacity of around 700 megawatts
and can power nearby major cities, geologists hope to more than double their impact by 2025.
4.
Kenya Mega dams.
Kenya's most ambitious dam-building mission is underway, as the country seeks to address
water scarcity while also improving food security and hydropower generation.
The Kenyan government is constructing at least five mega dams at a cost of more than $1.4
billion through various state agencies.
The dams include the Thwake Dam on the border of Makueni and Kitui counties, which cost
692 million dollars, Itare Dam in NaKuru, which cost 255 million dollars, Karimenu Dam,
which cost 218 million dollars, Fiverr Dam in Kiranyaga, which cost 145 million dollars,
Muruni Dam in West Pokot, which cost 45 million dollars, and a 10 million dollar dam in Nyeri.
The country's ministry of water and sanitation has also signed contracts for the construction
of dams worth 182 million in Beaumet, 154 million in Kiambu, and 182 million in Koala
County.
The government also intends to spend billions of dollars to build dams in the counties of
kusumu, kericho, kiambu, and niander Rua. 3 Kenya SGR.
This is a standard gauge railway system that will connect Kenyan cities and connect the
country to neighboring Uganda, as well as South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi via Uganda.
The first phase of the project involved the construction of a 480-kilometer-long railway
line between Mombasa and Nairobi, which was later extended to Naivasha town in Phase 2
via a 120-kilometer-long railway line.
The new standard gauge railways were designed to replace the inefficient old railway system
with a modern, faster, and more cost-effective SGR line.
2.
Lapsset The Lapsset Corridor Project, also known as
the Lamo Corridor Project, is a Kenyan transportation and infrastructure project that, when completed,
will be the country's second transportation corridor.
The Mombasa Uganda transport Corridor, which runs through Nairobi and much of the northern
Rift Valley, is Kenya's other transport Corridor.
Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Sudan are all involved in the project.
This megaproject consists of seven key infrastructure projects, beginning with a new 32-birth Port
at Lamo in Kenya, followed by interregional highways from Lamo to Isiolo, Isiolo to Juba
in South Sudan, Isiolo to Addis Abeba in Ethiopia, and Lamo to Gasan in Kenya.
A crude oil pipeline from Lamo to Isiolo, isiolo to Juba, and a product oil pipeline
from Lamo to Isiolo and Isiolo to Addis Abeba are also part of the project.
The lapsset Corridor project is being spearheaded by Kenya.
The completion of the lapsset project will strengthen Kenya's position as the region's
Gateway to East Africa."
1.
Konza technopolis.
Konza Technology City is an upcoming smart city project in Machakos County.
The project is part of the country's Vision 2030 blueprint and is expected to create approximately
17 000 direct and indirect jobs once completed.
The project, which is located 64 kilometers south of Nairobi, is modeled after Silicon
Valley in the United States, hence the Monaco, African silicon Savannah.
It is primarily aimed at business process outsourcing, software development, data centers,
disaster recovery, call centers, light manufacturing industries, and research institutions.
Konza Technopolis will cost more than 14 billion dollars.
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