When Will Isiolo County Benefit From LAPSSET Project?

There are two main projects that have unmatched potential of unlocking of the economic potentials of several counties in Kenya. These two projects are;
The drafters of vision 2030 pointed out these two projects, and other projects, as being macro enablers of the vision 2030.

Today we want to look at the status of the implementation of the LAPSSET project and with specific reference to Isiolo County.

Frequent local travellers will tell you that Isiolo is located at the centre of Kenya. It is almost equidistant from all border points of Kenya.

The strategic location of Isiolo County and the implementation of the LAPSSET project is a very rare combination of factors that will bolster economic activities in the county.

It is now 3 years since the LAPSSET project was launched. Many of the projects components are behind schedule. However, the construction of highways and link roads is ongoing. It is now a matter of time before Isiolo County emerges as a financial giant in Kenya.

The time that it will take for the highways and the link roads to be fully constructed greatly determines the time when Isiolo will benefit from its potential.

Given the fact that in several areas the link roads never existed, the full construction of the link roads may not be realized earlier than 2018.

Before the year 2018, the business minded people are best advised to take up their rightful steps. It is now the right time to establish enterprises in Isiolo County.

Just to paint a rough picture of the future of Isiolo, try to estimate the number of passengers who will use Isiolo as a transit point. Passengers travelling to Turkana from Nairobi will prefer to use Isiolo because the route is shorter than the Nakuru – Eldoret route. Passengers heading to Ethiopia from many parts of Kenya will also use Isiolo as a transit point.

Given the high number of passengers that will transit through Isiolo, the following are the areas that investors can look into;