THE GATEWAY TO PROSPERITY: A SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT OF LAPSSET’S LAMU-GARISSA HIGHWAY

The Lamu-Garissa road is the gateway to the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor, one of Africa’s most ambitious infrastructure project.  The road, now under construction, is already emerging as a game changer, expected to generate at least 3 percent of Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), provide an easier and cost-effective means to transport people and transact in goods and services, create jobs, boost trade and investment, reduce poverty, spur urbanization and industrial growth, contribute to the overall security in the region, and change the socio-economic for...