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    "content": "The first one is the Kenyatta University students’ hostel. This was signed in June, 2015 with a company based in the United States of America (USA) and the details are provided there; the Member can read but the negotiations are going on with the lenders to facilitate ground breaking very soon, hopefully mid this year. Then there is the 960 megawatts coal-fired power plant in Lamu, which is located in Manda Bay. The project is part of the 5,000 megawatts initiative aimed at meeting Kenya’s rapidly increasing demand for power. The status is that the power purchase agreement has been negotiated and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued a license and, therefore, discussions are going on. The consortium of companies involved includes Gulf Energy and Centum Investments. This will lead to the grant of electricity generation license. Then we also have 105 megawatts Menengai Geothermal, the civil servants housing projects which is approximately 10,000 housing units for civil servants in three different sites in Nairobi, including Park Road, Starehe and Shauri Moyo estates. The other project is the Mombasa Container Terminal. This project is part of an “equip and operate concession” that will require the private sector to operate the terminal from the commission date up to a period of 25 years under the PPP agreement. Again, the bidding process commenced in March, 2015 and the tender process has been suspended on account of petitions and pending judicial review applications at the High Court. The other project is feeding into the projects in the energy sector. This is on solar, wind and biogas. They are approximately 18 projects ranging between one to 80 megawatts. The other one is the multi-storey car park and commercial facility within Nairobi Central Business District (CBD). The Nairobi City County has engaged a transaction adviser who is currently supporting them in the tender evaluation stage. This is a facility that will provide 3,100 parking lots with the housing and mixed use commercial facilities in the CBD. We also have the Phase I Roads Annuity Programme. The Government has tendered for 3,000 kilometres of roads in 45 lots spread across the country. Further negotiations are going on to reduce the cost of financing following funding of the project by IFC. Construction of the first 435 kilometres is expected to commence in the first quarter of the 2016/2017 financial year. We also have other roads and ports projects. These include Nyali Bridge, dualing of the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway, the Nakuru-Nairobi Highway, operation and maintenance of the Nairobi-Thika superhighway and so forth. As of February, 2016, the feasibility studies of all these six proposed projects have been completed and are undergoing review by the Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second question the hon. Member asked is to state the cost of each of these PPP projects. As at March, 2016 and based on the provisions of the PPP Act, only the Kenyatta University students’ hostels have signed the agreement. The project value is estimated to cost US$52.5 million dollars. For the other projects which are in different stages of discussions, the figures are in the Schedule. There is Annex I which provides the details of the estimated costs and they come to almost US$25 billion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the third question was to explain the legal framework to safeguard the interest of both the public and private investors in PPP projects. The Kenya The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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