Eng. Kefa Seda

07/09/2026

The inaugural Africa Capital Week marks a significant step in Africa’s pursuit of greater economic sovereignty, creating a first of its kind continental platform for mobilizing African capital, deepening capital markets and directing long term investment into the productive assets that will drive the continent’s development.

I was privileged to participate in this landmark convening in Nairobi, graced by H.E. Dr. Hon Musalia W Mudavadi, Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, alongside senior Government leaders, policymakers, regulators, securities exchanges, institutional investors and investment leaders from across Africa.

As a panelist in the session on “Deepening Africa’s Capital Markets and Economic Sovereignty: SWOT, Policies, Progress and Promise,” I shared perspectives on strengthening the connection between Africa’s financial resources and its productive investment requirements. African financial institutions manage approximately US$4 trillion in assets, providing a substantial domestic financial base that can support infrastructure, enterprise development and other investments essential to economic transformation.

Mobilizing these resources into infrastructure requires a sustained pipeline of investment-grade assets supported by rigorous project preparation, engineering maturity, economic viability, credible revenue structures, appropriate risk allocation and sound governance. These fundamentals determine the ability of infrastructure projects to attract suitable financing and meet the investment requirements of pension funds, insurers, banks and other providers of long-term capital.

Public Private Partnerships provide an important framework for translating infrastructure priorities into credible investment opportunities with clearly defined commercial, financial and contractual structures. Deeper capital markets can support this agenda through local currency financing, infrastructure debt instruments, project bonds, infrastructure funds, refinancing and capital recycling.

Strengthening Africa’s capacity to originate, structure and finance productive assets will expand investment in transport corridors, energy systems, ports, logistics networks, water infrastructure and digital connectivity. This financing capability is fundamental to industrial development, regional value chains, intra-African trade and the economic sovereignty envisioned under Agenda 2063.

01/09/2026

Climate resilience must be embedded in the infrastructure investments we make today, particularly at the county level where infrastructure directly shapes economic productivity, service delivery, and the resilience of communities.

Today, we commenced a two-week County Diagnostic and Project Development Workshop in partnership with the World Bank, Private Infrastructure Development Group, and Council of Governors. The engagement is designed to strengthen counties’ capacity to originate, structure, and advance climate resilient infrastructure projects with credible pathways to financing and implementation.

Our priority is to cultivate a robust pipeline of investment-ready projects anchored in rigorous technical preparation, institutional readiness, stakeholder alignment, and the requisite approvals. This will position counties to leverage PPPs more effectively in mobilizing private capital, specialized expertise, and innovation to complement available public resources.

The engagement also provides an important platform to connect county development priorities with climate finance and private investment, creating opportunities to accelerate infrastructure delivery and advance sustainable economic development across our counties.

28/08/2026

Today, I led staff from the State Department for Public Investments and Assets Management and the PPP Directorate in planting 50,000 trees at Makutano Forest in Kericho County, achieving our annual tree growing target and bringing the cumulative number planted in the area to 96,000.

This contribution to the President’s 15 Billion Tree-Growing Programme reflects the responsibility Government institutions carry in advancing our country’s environmental and climate agenda. In my remarks, I affirmed that sustainability must be firmly embedded in the infrastructure investments we prepare, structure and bring to market through the PPP framework.

Our work at the Public Private Partnerships Kenya places us at the intersection of infrastructure development, private capital and Kenya’s long term economic transformation. Integrating climate resilience, environmental safeguards and responsible resource management across the PPP project lifecycle strengthens the sustainability of these investments and the communities and economic activities they support.

That commitment has particular relevance here in Kericho and across the Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit corridor, where a major PPP infrastructure investment is being advanced. The 50,000 trees planted today give practical expression to the sustainability principles informing the country’s infrastructure investment agenda.

I also delivered remarks on behalf of the Principal Secretary, Mr. Cyrell Odede Wagunda, reaffirming the Government’s commitment to ecosystem restoration, biodiversity conservation and increased forest cover as Kenya advances toward the national target of growing 15 billion trees by 2032.

27/08/2026

Yesterday marked an important progression in Kenya’s port infrastructure investment program, following the PPP Committee’s approval of the feasibility studies for Mombasa Berths 11–14, Mombasa Container Terminal 1, Lamu Container Terminal, and the Lamu Special Economic Zone. The approval moves these strategic port assets from feasibility into the procurement stage under the PPP framework.

The broader strategic objective is to progressively transition the Ports of Mombasa and Lamu toward a landlord-port model, leveraging private sector capital, technical expertise, and operational capacity while KPA retains public ownership and strategic oversight of the port assets. Phase 1 provides for three transactions: separate concessions for Mombasa Berths 11–14 and Container Terminal 1, and an integrated Lamu Container Terminal–SEZ concession.

With this approval, KPA can advance the Phase 1 transactions to competitive procurement, with market engagement scheduled to commence in September 2026. In parallel, feasibility work on the second phase of port assets is underway, sustaining the momentum toward a broader pipeline of bankable port infrastructure opportunities.

This represents a critical step in translating Kenya’s PPP pipeline into investable infrastructure transactions that strengthen port capacity, improve logistics competitiveness, mobilize long-term private capital, and reinforce Kenya’s position as a regional trade and investment gateway.

The procurement process will be accompanied by the requisite public disclosures and stakeholder engagement in accordance with the Public Private Partnerships Kenya legal framework.

19/08/2026

This morning, I engaged with the Council of Governors (CoG) on supporting county governments to advance climate-resilient infrastructure projects being financed through World Bank grants.

The engagement provided an important platform to discuss the support required to strengthen project preparation, structure viable infrastructure investments and enhance implementation capacity at the county level. I commend the Council of Governors for its commitment to strengthening county infrastructure and ensuring that available climate financing translates into well-prepared projects that address the development priorities of communities.

The Public Private Partnerships Kenya will support counties in exploring appropriate project structures that enhance the impact of the World Bank grants, strengthen long-term sustainability and create opportunities for additional investment in climate-resilient infrastructure across the country.

17/08/2026

The availability, reliability and cost of energy have a direct bearing on our country’s economic growth, industrial productivity and investment competitiveness. Under the PPP framework, our focus is to structure energy projects that strengthen generation capacity, improve grid stability and support the country’s long-term energy requirements.

The Menengai Geothermal Development Project in Nakuru County provides an important reference for this approach. The Geothermal Development Company (GDC) undertakes the high-risk upstream activities, including geothermal exploration, drilling, steam-field development and associated infrastructure, before supplying proven steam to Independent Power Producers for electricity generation. This structure enables the respective public and private sector partners to undertake clearly defined roles in the development and operation of geothermal generation infrastructure. The three 35MW plants at Menengai provide a combined generation capacity of 105MW and are currently under operations and maintenance.

Our PPP energy pipeline also includes the proposed 700MW Kibuka Multipurpose Dam, 90MW Karura Dam and 1,200MW Dongo Kundu LNG power project, which are currently under feasibility study, with completion of the studies targeted for February 2027. These projects form part of the wider national effort to increase generation capacity, stabilize the grid, expand renewable energy and progressively create the conditions for the decommissioning of thermal power plants.

In the below documentary, we unpack the Menengai geothermal development and GDC’s role within the PPP framework, while providing further insight into the energy projects currently being advanced through PPPs and our broader ambition to secure reliable and competitively priced energy for our country’s economic growth.

14/08/2026

The Northern Corridor is a strategic economic artery for East and Central Africa, connecting the Port of Mombasa to centers of production and consumption across Kenya, Uganda, and the wider regional hinterland. Its performance has a direct bearing on the movement of goods and people, access to markets, logistics efficiency, the cost of trade, and the competitiveness of economies that depend on this route.

The Government is advancing the development of this corridor within a broader integrated transport and logistics framework that strengthens our maritime gateways and the infrastructure carrying trade into the hinterland. Plans to expand and modernize the ports of Mombasa and Lamu are integral to this agenda, with investments focused on increasing handling capacity, improving port efficiency, and strengthening connectivity between maritime trade, road infrastructure, and the wider logistics network.

Along the Northern Corridor, the Mombasa–Nairobi Expressway PPP is being progressed to strengthen connectivity from the Port of Mombasa to Nairobi, integrating with the operational Nairobi Expressway and extending into the Nairobi–Nakuru–Mau Summit Highway PPP. Feasibility work on the Mau Summit–Eldoret–Malaba Highway PPP is also progressing, advancing the corridor toward the Uganda border and onward regional markets.

This integrated planning is anchored in the economic function of the transport network, connecting our maritime gateways with productive regions, logistics hubs, major consumption centers, and cross-border markets. The value of these investments will ultimately be reflected in the efficiency with which goods move from port to market, the capacity of our infrastructure to accommodate growing trade volumes, and the ability of the network to facilitate regional value chains and expand market access.

Within the PPP framework, our mandate is to support the Government in translating these infrastructure priorities into well-prepared, bankable investments capable of mobilizing private capital, technical capability, and long-term operational expertise. Strengthening this network is fundamental to Kenya’s position as a regional trade and logistics gateway and to the economic integration of East and Central Africa.

Our Nairobi Expressway documentary examines an important component of this integrated transport network and its role within the wider economic corridor connecting Kenya’s maritime gateways, domestic economy, and regional markets.

13/08/2026

I was delighted to join fellow engineers, industry leaders and infrastructure professionals today at the 5th ACEK Annual Conference, where I spoke on climate resilience, infrastructure finance and risk management, and the central role of engineering in translating our infrastructure ambitions into resilient, bankable and sustainable investments.

As Kenya seeks to mobilize capital at the scale required to meet its infrastructure needs, the quality of project preparation becomes increasingly important. Engineering decisions on design, technology, construction methodology, climate exposure and lifecycle performance directly shape project costs, risk allocation and ultimately the terms on which capital can be mobilized.

I was particularly pleased to share the progress we are making through the PPP programme, with over KES 295 billion in private-sector capital mobilized and a growing pipeline of 54 projects across key infrastructure sectors. This pipeline presents significant opportunities for our engineering profession to take a more active role in project development, transaction advisory, climate-risk modelling and lifecycle asset management.

I encouraged our engineers to be intentional about building their capacity in Public Private Partnerships and positioning themselves to contribute beyond technical project delivery. Engineering expertise must also have a voice at the tables where infrastructure policy, investment priorities and the frameworks that guide Government’s development direction are shaped.

As we deepen collaboration between the PPP Directorate and the engineering profession, I look forward to seeing more Kenyan engineers actively shaping, structuring and delivering the infrastructure investments that will define our country’s future.

13/08/2026