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Viewing cable 06NAIROBI4741, Proposed Kuwaiti Investment in Kenya Looks Fishy

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06NAIROBI4741 2006-11-05 12:59 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Nairobi
VZCZCXYZ0001
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHNR #4741 3091259
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 051259Z NOV 06
FM AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5295
INFO RUEHKU/AMEMBASSY KUWAIT PRIORITY 0116
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
UNCLAS NAIROBI 004741 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPT FOR AF/E, AF/RSA, S/CT, INL-C-CP 
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP JACKSON 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: EWWT EINV KCOR PTER KE KU
SUBJECT: Proposed Kuwaiti Investment in Kenya Looks Fishy 
 
Ref: Nairobi 1637 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 
 
1. (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's Al Bader International Development 
Company allegedly asked the Kenyan Government for exclusive rights 
to develop a port, airport, resort, and oil complex near Lamu on 
Kenya's north coast, but the project appears impractical.  Post is 
concerned the proposal may instead be cover for large-scale 
corruption or illicit activities on Kenya's coast near the Somali 
border and requests input from Embassy Kuwait and Department 
sources.  End Summary. 
 
Roola Project... 
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2. (U) According to articles in the August 14 and October 30 
editions of the East African newspaper, Kuwaiti firm Al Bader 
International Development Company and its Chairman Yousef Abdul Aziz 
Al-Bader is negotiating with the Government of Kenya (GOK) for sole 
rights to develop an international port, free trade zone, resort 
city, railway line, international airport, oil pipeline and oil 
refinery near the town of Lamu on Kenya's northern coast.  Dubbing 
it the Roola project, Al Bader would sub-contract the projects and 
arrange the hundreds of millions of dollars of financing needed. 
Permanent Secretary for Transportation Ikiara is quoted as stating 
the proposal is still in its early stages, but that the GOK is keen 
to see it go forward, believing Badr is capable of implementing it. 
 
Seems Impractical... 
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3. (SBU) As per reftel report, Australian firm Woodside Oil is 
shortly due to start drilling test wells for oil and gas deposits 
about 100 miles offshore of Lamu, and the Kenya Port Authority (KPA) 
has talked about developing Lamu into a commercial port to take some 
of the burden off of Mombasa.  However, the Roola project appears 
totally impractical.  According to U.S. military experts at Post 
familiar with the north coast, Lamu harbor is too shallow and the 
tidal range is up to 13 feet, requiring massive dredging for port 
development.  Lamu is an island, and its hinterland is almost 
completely undeveloped, thinly inhabited, and poorly connected to 
the rest of Kenya.  The proposed development would require building 
a large-scale power plant nearby.  Linking a port at or near Lamu to 
anywhere would require building hundreds of miles of roads and rails 
across remote, thinly populated regions where security is at risk. 
Lamu is also a UNESCO World Cultural site because it preserves the 
old Muslim Swahili coastal culture.  A project like Badr's would 
face serious opposition on cultural and environmental grounds. 
 
And Unsafe... 
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4. (U) Lamu is about 50 miles from Somalia.  The border is porous, 
and the GOK's presence in the border area has always been weak.  The 
GOK is concerned about the expansion of territory under the control 
of the Islamic Courts, and the possibility of conflict spilling into 
Kenya. 
 
And Unnecessary 
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5. (U) The Port of Mombasa is crowded, but the KPA is expanding the 
Port's facilities.  Mombasa's connections to Nairoi and the rest of 
East and Central Africa will be improved by the recent concessioning 
of the railroad to Kampala to a South African company and 
donor-funded repairs to the Mombasa-Nairobi-Uganda road. 
 
So Why Do It? 
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6. (SBU)  It is difficult to see the commercial benefit to Badr of 
investing the hundreds of millions of dollars needed to achieve its 
goals for Lamu.  Besides the bureaucratic red tape, weak judicial 
system and other general barriers hindering investment in Kenya, 
building the massive infrastructure required in Lamu would face 
formidable physical challenges.  We smell a rat. 
 
Request 
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7. (SBU)  Post requests Embassy Kuwait and Department provide any 
available background information on Al Bader International 
Development Company and its Chairman Yousef Abdul Aziz Al- Bader. 
Any insights into what might lie behind Badr's interest in Kenya 
would be much appreciated.  We would also appreciate knowing whether 
Badr has publicized or justified its Lamu project proposal in the 
Kuwaiti press. 
 
RANNEBERGER