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Leaders in calls to re-route Lapsset

County leaders want the routing of the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) transport corridor changed as a matter of urgency.

They called on Lapsset officials to consider changing the project’s map, arguing it would save the exchequer billions of shillings, deter land speculators, preserve the existing wildlife corridor and reduce border tension with the neighbouring Meru County.

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