[Source: Business Daily, by Gerald Andae]
Kenya will allocate land to South Sudan for construction of a dry port at the Naivasha special economic zone, making it the second country after Uganda to gain from the inland container depot.
President Uhuru Kenyatta said 10 acres will be given to South Sudan at the Naivasha Industrial Park to ease the movement of goods to the neighbouring nation.
The port will see South Sudan cut the journey that it makes to Mombasa to collect and clear goods destined to Juba.
“To further ease the movement of goods consigned to South Sudan, the Kenya government has set aside 10 acres of land at the Inland Container Depot in Naivasha Industrial Park, for use as a dry port by South Sudan,” said President Kenyatta.
The agreements were announced Monday at State House, Nairobi, after bilateral talks between Mr Kenyatta and the visiting South Sudanese president Salva Kiir.
The Sudanese leader is in Kenya on a two-day visit.
In March this year, the Kenyan government announced that it will give land to Uganda for construction of the dry port in Naivasha.
The President said Kenya was fast tracking the completion of the Lamu Port South Sudan Ethiopia (LAPSSET) projects, including transnational highways, oil pipeline and the Lamu Port, among others, to link the two countries.
[Full article: Business Daily, by Gerald Andae]
