Your thinking above is the reason why the project was shelved 40 years ago. I wonder where kenya would be if that hadnt happened. Thank goodness your not in govt and if you are please resign. Your even thinking S.Sudan is richer than Kenya, SMH a country that has no elec...ooh and we should pee on our pants because Tz is catching up, he he,....

By the way, isn't it great that Ethiopia is building an electric railroad??? How many Kilometers again???

On the US rail roads please again research PACIFIC RAILROAD ACTS

Again commenting without researching. Kitale S.Sudan road is a connection to the Northern Corridor. Again ref to the map. I assumed that the sudan you mentioned was south sudan because lapsset is not connected in anyway with the north so its mentioning here is non consequential.

Now I don't know which bank your waiting for to show up since the Lapsset is ongoing. The road that is called A2 goes to Ethiopia, tafathali tumia mtandao.

Aiii!!! we are trying to assist? HOW?? Again do you stop living because your neighbor is?

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Boss our road and rail network belongs in the 19th century.

As I said before LAPSSET is not even enough for Kenya let alone our neighbours.

Honestly I am struggling to understand why you are the only one who thinks that LAPSSET is a waste of resources. Yes the 2 trillion will be borrowed money. At what? 3% interest rate? Now if you develop an economy that extracts and exports a modest 2 million barrels of oil p.a on that line, that is revenue of Sh 16.8 tr. Assuming that net income on that oil is only 10%, that is Sh 1.6 tr. Assuming that the governments share of that income is 25%, that is Sh 500b. So what is the payback period for that pipeline? 5 years?

Do you now understand that 2 tr is not as daunting as it seems?

Now, economists will tell you that the multiplier effect for infastructure projects suggests a 5 times growth in investment meaning that the 2 tr investment could yield a 10 tr economy within less that 3 years of completion.

Do you need any more pursuasion?

Thank you for the article, it captures my opinions on the issue very well and much so to a bigger audience.

Yes it says Lapsset is viable but does it also not say that S.S, E thiopia, and Uganda are having alternative plans? If S.S. gets involved in construction of the Ethiopian corridor and make binding commitments to funding agencies, do you think they will deviate mid-way and start using Lapsset. By the way not that I agree with the author of that article 100%. Building an oil pipeline side by side the existing is still the best option for Kenya. That way you make use of the same infrastructure hence minimizing cost of purchasing way leaves, management and security. It appears economics can be rocket science.

There was a man known as Isaac Newton who lived in the 17th century. He came up with famous Newton’s laws of motion. These laws of motion ruled the physics world like a colossus for the next 200 years. Until a man known as Albert Einstein came into the scene, and in 20th century proved that Newton’s law of gravity was not exactly correct, replacing it with general relativity.
Much earlier than that, everyone believed the universe was earth-centric for thousands of years, until 400 years ago when someone suggested the solar system is sun-centric. It is possible for everyone not to see the logic until someone comes with an ‘Aha!’ moment

You aspire to esteemed company my friend.

Without detracting from the debate, let me state that Newton 1, 2 and 3 have in deed not been proven untrue by the theory of relativity. And yes Galileo was imprisoned for his beliefs. But you sir, are manifestly wrong in advocating for continued advancement of sessional paper number 10 of 1967 (authored by Mwai Kibaki and Tom Mboya) that advocated for continued marginalisation of dry lands.

We can open another thread later to discuss Newton versus Einstein, though there is already a lot of literature on that even in the web. The fact of the matter is that Newton’s laws of motion were based on gravitation. 100 years ago, Einstein proved that Newton’s postulation of gravitation was not exactly accurate, but only very close approximation to his findings of general relativity. Many scientists did not understand Einstein’s theories until decades later. I know many of us who were taught Newtonian physics cannot come to terms with this. The same way many refuse to accept the downgrading of pluto from planet to a mere asteroid. Back to our discussion.

Total waste of time going to Einstein's theories. We have our stuff here right now.
To downgrade LAPSSET or not.
I'm of the opinion we stick with it the way it is.
@Limanika, When the British were building the Msa-Kampala line, how busy was all the mass of land in between?
Infrastructure opens up places and MAKES them busy. How are going to export our oil through the current pipeline if i may ask? The damn thing has or is about to outlive its life span anyway.
In developed world and those who wish to develop fast and in organized manner, infrastructure is laid first,then the rest follows.
Ask yourself why development in Kenya is concentrated along the main transport corridors.