The Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit Highway PPP (the “NNM Project” or “the Project”) is a project to
be developed under a PPP framework supported by the World Bank in Kenya through the
Infrastructure Finance and Public Private Partnerships Project (P121019). It is a brownfield
expansion and upgrade of an inter-urban highway system that has been tendered pursuant to a
30-year design, build, finance, operate, maintain and transfer contract with the Kenya National
Highway Administration (“KeNHA”). The Project involves:
-   Widening of 175 km of the A8 highway between Rironi and Mau Summit and turning it into a
    four-lane dual carriageway, including operation and maintenance
-   Strengthening of 58 km of the A8-South highway between Rironi and Naivasha, including
    operation and maintenance
The proposed World Bank contribution is an Investment Project Finance (IPF) operation (P165545)
utilizing an IDA guarantee product. The IDA guarantee is proposed to be structured as a payment
guarantee and possible loan guarantee. The payment guarantee will backstop certain payment
obligations of the GoK and/or KeNHA
The NNM Project company is Rift Valley Highway Limited (RVHL), which is a consortium led by
Vinci Concession (a construction, engineering and concessions firm in the world operating in over
100 countries) and Meridiam, a global investor and asset manager, both headquartered in Paris.
Through this Early Disclosure, KeNHA and the World Bank provide access, early in its
environmental and social assessment process, to the Draft Environmental and Social Impact
Assessment (ESIA) documents to meet disclosure requirements. These documents have been
prepared by RVHL and should not be taken as an indication that KeNHA has approved them or that
the World bank has completed its review of the potential financing. The purpose of this Early
Disclosure is to enhance the transparency of the World Bank’s activities with reference to the
Project regarding its potential significant adverse environmental and social risks and impacts. Any
project documentation or data included or attached herein has been prepared by RVH and
authorized for public release by KeNHA.
The Draft ESIA is structured around Valued Environmental Components (VECs). The VECs are
defined and then used to organize the baseline, and to assess impacts and define mitigation
measures. A total of 18 VECs are defined, plus an additional 23 environmental subcomponents.
several key issues are not sufficiently addressed. The key issues requiring further coverage in the
Final ESIA include the: Relation to Performance Standards and the EHS Guidelines: Impacts on the
town of Nakuru; Access along the Road; Railway impacts that operation of the dry port might have
on the Highway; Additional Resettlement; Impacts of two large greenfield quarries and the
management of impacts on biodiversity.
The Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) also requires additional work to: Further
clarity on roles and responsibilities; How and what obligations will be passed down to the level of
the contractors who will perform the works; How and what obligations will be passed down to the
level of the contractors who will perform the works; Adding a draft RVH (concessionaire) ESMS
and: An Annex of Environmental, Social, Health and Safety (ESHS) requirements that the
concessionaire will pass on to Contractors to meets PS requirements and EHS Guidelines.
As for social impacts, the socio-economic and environmental impacts during construction and
after construction for the sections where there will be overpasses need to be detailed and
described in the ESIA. The stakeholders’ engagement process for these sections needs to be
undertaken and well documented covering all issues raised by the stakeholders. Furthermore, the
social risk management legal and institutional analysis needs to be improved. Issues of labor need
to be further developed. Although a GBV Action Plan has been proposed the ESMP should clarify
who will be responsible for setting up a referral pathway for the GBV survivors. An analysis of the
social risks has been done; however, it needs to clarify what the cost estimates for the mitigation
measures will be. Social staff and Community liaison officers to support the process should be
proposed in the ESMP. Finally, as it is proposed that the material sites will be acquired on a willing
buyer and willing seller, the ESIA should clarify that national NEMA requirements will be met
(ESIA/ESMP) and written agreements will be made with the landowners.
The disclosure of the ESIA documents should not be construed as presuming the outcome of the
World Bank’s review of the potential investment or the decision of its Board of Directors. An
updated final version of the ESIA will be reviewed and cleared by the World Bank and will be
disclosed before 1 April 2022, prior to Project Appraisal. In addition, prior to any consideration of
the investment by the World Bank’s Board of Directors, the World Bank will disclose the
Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS).