Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan to Government of Kenya regulations and IFC/World Bank Environmental and Social Standards for the proposed Mombasa Industrial Park in Miritini.

Project Overview

The proposed Miritini Industrial Park is an undertaking of TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) in coordination with the Government of Kenya to initiate Trade and Logistical Clusters, in Kenya’s Coastal area. The strategy focuses on certain areas in the EAC that, based on their natural endowments, demographics and favorable locations have more of comparative advantage to create jobs and growth, if certain binding constraints can be addressed such as low productivity, poor infrastructure, and high costs of energy, poor access to markets, policy instability, non-harmonized regulations and low value addition.

Scope of Work

Proess was engaged to prepare an ESIA Study and RAP in accordance with NEMA EIA standards, TMEA Environmental and Social Safeguards, WB/IFC Performance and Sustainability Standards, and related guidelines to meet national and international requirements.

The scope of this assignment included preparing a comprehensive ESIA and RAP reports for Miritini Industrial Park compliant with the Environmental national laws and international requirements. The objective of the studies was to provide information that identified key environmental and social issues and designed appropriate mitigation measures.

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