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Lamu port to create half a million jobs

Lamu will be developed into a city of more than 1.1 million people when a proposed transport corridor linking Kenya, South Sudan and Ethiopia is completed.

The Lamu Port South Sudan Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) Corridor is expected to create jobs for 424,800 people who will be based in Lamu, working with various companies expected to set up base in the envisioned port city.

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