The Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has announced the launch date for the Dongo Kundu special economic zone.
The highway is expected to be fully functional for investors by July 1, 2023, cutting its completion time by three years.
The project includes the creation of a free trade zone, a free port, a logistics hub, and a mega industrial zone where major players and regional countries using Mombasa port will be allocated parcels of land to set up their key depots.
Speaking at the Kenya Ports Authority headquarters, the CS said the government will soon subdivide 384 acres of the Dongo Kundu special economic zone land to pave way for investments.
“We are going to subdivide 382 acres into parcels and titles for the resettlement of 1,654 PAP s, compensation award and compensation of payment of 1,582 people who have developed in the land, so we expect the exercise to be completed fully by March 31, 2021, and president William Ruto to come before that date to come and give out title deeds for those affected,” said Kuria.
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Kuria further said that people displaced to pave way for the completion of the project would be compensated as Treasury had already released the money.
“We are going to avail land for resettlement and compensation of those who will be affected by the project, the money is already released, it is with the National land commission NLC, and they have confirmed that they are ready to compensate them,” said Kuria.