This study has been undertaken with support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) ACKNOWLEDGMENT EABC greatly appreciates the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) towards the development of the Report. This assignment comes under auspices of the Regional Project Support on Policy Advocacy to the East African Business Council (EABC) by the Federation of German Industries (BDI) Following the finalization of the work by the Consultant Mr. Julius Oboth Managing Consultant of Ayaah Enterprises Ltd, EABC wishes to express our sincere gratitude to all the stakeholders in the various institutions in the NCIP Partner States, the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat and members of the East African Business Council (EABC) who shared their interesting insights, data and information during data collection period of the study. ii The Investment Opportunities for the East African Private Sector under the NCIP TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENT ................................................................................................................................ ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................... iii LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................................ iv LIST OF ACRONYMS .................................................................................................................................. v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................. vi 1. BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 The NCIP Initiative ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Demands for Private Sector and EABC Involvement ............................................................................................ 3 1.4 Private Sector Concerns with Regard to NCIP ....................................................................................................... 3 1.5 The Purpose of the Study ......................................................................................................................................... 4 1.6 The Specific Study Objectives .................................................................................................................................. 4 1.7 The Rationale and Study Outputs Include ............................................................................................................. 4 1.8 Structure of the Study Report ................................................................................................................................. 4 2. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Study Limitations ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 3. STUDY FINDINGS ................................................................................................................................ 5 3.1 Investment Promotion in NCIP Partner States ..................................................................................................... 6 3.1.1 Investment Promotions in Kenya .............................................................................................................. 6 3.1.2 Investment Promotions in Rwanda .......................................................................................................... 9 3.1.3 Investment Promotions in South Sudan ................................................................................................. 12 3.1.4 Investment Promotions in Uganda ......................................................................................................... 15 3.2 Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Models .......................................................................................................... 19 3.2.1 Status of PPP Legal Framework in NCIP Partner States .......................................................................... 20 3.3 Local Content ........................................................................................................................................................... 22 3.4 Role of Standards in the NCIP investment opportunities .................................................................................. 24 3.5 NCIP Investment Opportunities ............................................................................................................................. 25 3.5.1 Background on Standard Gauge Railway Cluster .................................................................................... 25 3.5.2 Kenya SGR ............................................................................................................................................... 26 3.5.3 Rwanda SGR ............................................................................................................................................ 27 3.5.4 South Sudan SGR ..................................................................................................................................... 27 3.5.5 Uganda SGR ............................................................................................................................................. 27 3.5.6 Investment Opportunities under the SGR Cluster .................................................................................. 28 3.6 Refinery, Crude and Refined Oil Pipeline Development Clusters and the Investment Opportunities ....... 30 3.6.1 Oil Refinery Development Cluster .......................................................................................................... 30 3.6.2 Crude and Refined Oil Pipeline Development Clusters .......................................................................... 30 3.6.3 Itemized investment opportunity under the oil and gas clusters ........................................................... 31 3.7 Information and Communications Technology Infrastructure Cluster ............................................................ 32 3.7.1 Investment Opportunities in the ICT Infrastructure Cluster ................................................................... 33 3.8 Power Generation, Transmission and Interconnectivity Cluster ...................................................................... 33 3.8.1 Investment Opportunities in Power Generation and Transmission ....................................................... 34 3.9 Commodities Exchange Cluster ............................................................................................................................. 34 3.10 Human Resource Capacity Building Cluster ....................................................................................................... 35 3.10.1 Investment Opportunities under the Human Resource Capacity Building Cluster .............................. 36 3.11 Roads ....................................................................................................................................................................... 36 3.11.1 Investment Opportunities under the Northern Corridor Roads ........................................................... 37 iii The Investment Opportunities for the East African Private Sector under the NCIP 3.12 Immigration, Tourism, Trade, Labour and Services (ITTLS) Cluster ............................................................... 38 3.12.1 Itemized Investment Opportunity under the ITTLS Roads ................................................................... 38 3.13 Other NCIP Clusters ............................................................................................................................................... 39 4. PRIVATE SECTOR CHALLENGES TO INVEST IN NCIP .............................................................................. 40 5. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................ 42 5.1 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................................ 42 5.2 Recommendation .................................................................................................................................................... 42 Annex 1: Kenya Standards Gauge Railway Project .................................................................................................... 45 Annex 2: Rwanda SGR Route ........................................................................................................................................ 47 Annex 3: South Sudan SGR Route ................................................................................................................................ 48 Annex 4: Uganda SGR Routes ......................................................................................................................................