NAIROBI, Kenya Augg 12 — Vision 2030 has played a major role in transforming Kenya’s development landscape and attracting large-scale private investment, Vision 2030 Board Chairman Dr Emmanuel Nzai has said.

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Nzai said the impact of the national development blueprint can be seen in major infrastructure projects and investment decisions across the country, including plans linked to the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor.

Speaking during a discussion on Kenya’s long-term development agenda, Nzai said Vision 2030 should be assessed through tangible projects and investments rather than political rhetoric.

“Vision 2030 has changed the country. It is evidence; it is not talk,” Nzai said.

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He cited the LAPSSET Corridor as an example of how long-term national planning can create opportunities for private-sector investment.

Nzai argued that Kenya’s investment environment and major infrastructure projects have created opportunities that would previously have been difficult to realise.

He pointed to Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote’s reported interest in investing in Lamu as an example of how Vision 2030 projects can influence major business decisions.

“Dangote today would not say he wants to go to Lamu and put in that sort of investment if it was not the Kenya Vision 2030 LAPSSET project,” he said.

The LAPSSET Corridor is one of Kenya’s flagship infrastructure initiatives and is designed to link the Lamu Port with parts of Kenya and neighbouring countries through a network of transport and related infrastructure.

The project has been positioned as a major driver of economic activity in northern Kenya and the wider East African region.

📰 Source: Capital FM Kenya