He adds: “My gamble has paid off. Demand for rental houses in Hindi has quadrupled after State agencies deployed workers to the Lamu Port.” Gachihi says the housing situation is so dire that ...

Port officials tour a berth at Kilalani area in Manda Bay, Lamu County, last year. The facility is crucial to the success of the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport corridor. [File ...

Lamu — The Port of Lamu is set for more activity following agreements between Kenya and neighboring countries to increasingly use it as a regional transshipment hub. President William Ruto has ...

The setting extends to the surrounding islands, all of which need to be protected from informal settlements, and to the mangroves that shelter the port. The architecture of Lamu has employed locally ...