In the arid expanse of Northeastern Kenya, where distance has long been both a physical and political condition, the Lapsset corridor is being laid down as an act of deliberate inclusion. Regional Commissioner John Otieno sees in upgraded roads and decentralized services not merely development, but a renegotiation of the relationship between the state and its most remote citizens. The same infrastructure that promises to draw trade and investment inward is also expected to deny al Shabaab the cover that isolation has long provided. It is a wager that connectivity itself can be a form of govern
LAPSSET corridor to unlock trade and security gains in Northeastern Kenya
Several security officers have lost their lives in al Shabaab attacks including IED incidents along the corridor.