The new Kenyan Lamu port is the futuristic\u00a0\u00a0Eastern\u00a0African gate way \u00a0for the \u00a0land \u00a0locked countries like Ethiopia, Southern Sudan, Uganda \u00a0and\u00a0central\u00a0African Republic. While ports like Mobassa and Dar es Salaam are over\u00a0stretched\u00a0 due to their\u00a0increasing\u00a0Great Lake markets. The Eastern\u00a0African\u00a0ports like\u00a0Djibouti\u00a0Barbara\u00a0Asseb seem stranded by the\u00a0belligerent\u00a0conflict, increasing\u00a0piracy\u00a0and \u00a0Somalian conflict engulfing\u00a0Yemen. The futur of Red Sea has been endagnered due to geopolitical change in the region.<\/p>\n
Geo-strategy<\/p>\n
The extraction of \u00a0natural gas from the \u00a0Indian Ocean region\u00a0stretching to\u00a0\u00a0Ethiopia, Egypt, and other countries of the Red Sea region will \u00a0be \u00a0precipitating a collapse in price for gas and petroleum, will further create un expected increase in the conflict \u00a0the\u00a0passage\u00a0through the Red Sea.<\/p>\n
China and Japan\u00a0Financing <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Concerning\u00a0 the\u00a0budget\u00a0of \u00a0construction for this big project, <\/span> China here is particularly interesting in the context of the political economy of the regions \u00a0and her increasing \u00a0role on the continent. The <\/span> Japan is \u00a0 planning to build a pipeline from South Sudan to share from the source of the region seeing the conflict in the Gulf and Red Sea costs to assure her\u00a0energy\u00a0supply. \u00a0Lamu \u00a0will enable China far easier access to Africa\u2019s East coast as inn the historical past with this port.<\/span><\/p>\n China\u2019s \u00a0environmentally reckless attitude in its Africa policy has increased \u00a0her\u00a0critics\u00a0due to \u00a0the social and environmental impacts of a new port will <\/span><\/strong>off course a<\/span><\/strong> have lasting effect on the \u00a0traditional Swahili \u00a0 fisherman unless the necessary measures are taken to enhance them too cope with the <\/span><\/strong>coming<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/strong>inevitable<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/strong>destruction <\/span><\/strong>to their <\/span><\/strong>traditional<\/span><\/strong> habitat. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The United States, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, India are \u00a0financial supporters of various aspects associated with this\u00a0project.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Egypt Further Menaced <\/strong><\/p>\n Egypt since the recent Nile accord which was singed\u00a0against\u00a0its wishes by the\u00a0countries\u00a0of the Nile Basin has forced her to\u00a0\u00a0covertly support radicals in the Horn to \u00a0weaken Ethiopia and \u00a0to be able to revive its dominance of the Red Sea and the sea lane which links to Egypt\u2019s Suez Canal. Estimated Ethiopian gas reserves, were reported at 12.46 TCF, will \u00a0be expanded as it has descovred great gass reserve in Ogadean. Malaysian State-owned oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional \u00a0is working \u00a0in its reserves in the Ogaden basin region of Ethiopia. Petronas is one of about 85 companies which have oil and gas exploration licenses in Ethiopia, but the Malaysia must soon pump gas \u00a0though \u00a0safer pipe to Kenya than the ever\u00a0conflicting \u00a0Red Sea through\u00a0Djibouti. \u00a0This surely will\u00a0\u00a0thus\u00a0diminishing\u00a0the importance of the Sues Canal , Dijibuti and Asseb, Berebara as \u00a0a door way to world\u00a0energy\u00a0 when \u00a0natural\u00a0gas bust out and repalce \u00a0petroleum in the world market\u00a0\u00a0very very soon.<\/p>\n Egypt sooner than later \u00a0must enter in an open conflict in the horn of Africa\u00a0supporting\u00a0one or more of the \u00a0faction in order\u00a0to survive by assuring the Red Sea as a\u00a0dominance\u00a0passage to the new\u00a0geopolitical\u00a0gas. Egypt further must stop Ethiopia and Kenya from repartitioning Somalia as\u00a0recently\u00a0incited \u00a0.<\/p>\n Ethiopia in search \u00a0a gate way <\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Governments \u00a0in\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0a land \u00a0landlocked countries \u00a0like Ethiopia, Uganda,\u00a0Central\u00a0African\u00a0Republic and \u00a0Southern Sudan\u00a0 Must use Lamu \u00a0port \u00a0than any other port\u00a0 in the region \u00a0for\u00a0 secure their \u00a0exportation. \u00a0The Ethiopian regime’s plan to build a recent pipeline to the Somaliland port of Barbara will not be viable since the opposite \u00a0\u00a0Islamic Unity party took power in July 2010 and more \u00a0instability will follow if it join Mogadishu. \u00a0\u00a0Any sensible government in Ethiopia must back Lamu project as the only viable \u00a0\u00a0and safe sea port for future gas or any exportation to the fast growing \u00a0Asia,\u00a0 South Africa and even as well as \u00a0to \u00a0Europe.<\/p>\n The estimates for the construction cover 1,000 acres in the region of Manda Bay in\u00a0Lamu District \u00a0 including\u00a0plans for an oil refinery and terminal, international airport and railway track to Juba in Southern Sudan.<\/p>\n Prof. MT<\/p>\n