The Northern Economic Corridor (NEC) refers to all the transport infrastructure and facilities providing a gateway through Kenya to the landlocked economies of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Eastern Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo.
The overall objective of the Master Plan is to improve logistics for the NEC as well as provide an integrated regional development strategy consistent with sub-regional development plans and national development plans. In order to ensure that potential environmental and social challenges attributed to the Master Plan, and more specifically the identified growth drivers are addressed holistically and in a proactive manner, the Master Plan was subjected to a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to identify environmental and social constraints and opportunities
