This archive report was first published on 28 June 2021.
On June 28, 2021, Raila Odinga, the African Union High Representative for Infrastructure Development and leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), attended a crucial LAPSSET Corridor Ministerial Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The meeting brought together stakeholders from relevant departments in respective countries in the region to review the project's progress.
According to Odinga, the regional initiative is a game-changer in matters of infrastructure development.
"It's been a fruitful discourse with the team," Odinga said after the meeting.
The LAPSSET Corridor Program is Eastern Africa's largest and most ambitious infrastructure project, bringing together Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Sudan. It consists of seven key infrastructure projects, including a new 32-berth port at Lamu, inter-regional highways, a product oil pipeline, an inter-regional standard gauge railway line, three international airports, and three resort cities.
