Raila attends Lapsset ministerial meeting in Ethiopia
African Union High Representative for Infrastructure Development, Raila Odinga is in Ethiopia for a ministerial meeting for the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport corridor.
The ministerial meeting brings together stakeholders from relevant departments in the region to review the project’s progress.
"The regional initiative is a game-changer on matters of infrastructure development," Raila tweeted on Monday.
The meeting comes a few weeks after President Uhuru Kenyatta commissioned the first berth of the Lamu Port, which is part of the larger Lapsset project.
The former Prime Minister has urged other regional countries to support the project.
In August 2019, the Lapsset Corridor Development Authority said a strong case had been made to the AU on the project’s s...