A WorldBank report assessing PPP Procurement readiness in the continent, Kenya rated top 10 in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Private investment in public infrastructure in Kenya has been happening since the 90s. With the 1st investments mainly in the energy sector.

We have emerged from the initial stages of building regulatory & institutional framework. We are now implementing a robust project pipeline.

Since 1990, we have had 23 Private Public Partnerships that have reached financial closure. We look to increase this number in the future.

Success of PPPs in Kenya lies in the ability of stakeholders to participate in the process. Join us and engage with us as we move forward!

The PPP Committee comprises of 6 members from the Government & 4 private sector members, they oversee the running of the Unit.

Today we are at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi for the University Hostel Investor Pre-bid meeting and investor conference.

The aim of the conference is to walk potential investors through the procurement process and for the featured universities to interact with the aforementioned investors.

The featured universities are The South Eastern Kenya University, University of Embu, and Moi University.

The Moi University Student Hostel project involves construction of 15,000 bed capacity hostels. Here the private sector partner will design, build, finance and operate the hostels for 20 years after which the hostels will revert to the university.

The Embu University Student Hostel Project entails construction of 4000 bed capacity at the institutions main campus. Similar to the Moi University project, the private partner will lead design, build, finance and operations for the project.

The South Eastern University of Kenya Student Hostel Project involves construction of 5400 bed capacity hostels at the university's main campus in Kitui.

The key speakers during today's event are Eng. Stanley Kamau, Joel Barnon, Prof. Nathan Ogechi, Prof. Daniel Mugendi and Prof Geoffrey M Muluvi.

Eng. Stanley K. Kamau is the Director of the Public Private Partnerships Unit and also serves in several boards of public agencies as the alternate to the Principal Secretary, National Treasury.

Joel Barnor is a Manger at Genesis Analytics for the Infrastructure and Public Private Partnership Advisory Practice. He is Project Manager for the Kenyan Hostels Transaction Advisory.

Prof Nathan Ogechi is the Professor of African Linguistics & Deputy Vice Chancellor (Student Affairs) at Moi University.

Prof. Daniel Mugendi is the acting Vice Chancellor at the University of Embu.

Prof Geoffrey M Muluvi is the Vice Chancellor at the South Eastern Kenya University.

Our Director, reassures investors that this will be a transparent but long process and that this meeting has been extremely vital for feedback in addition to communication between stakeholders.

Our Communications Director KaaraWainaina on behalf of the Unit, gives thanks to all those that helped organize the event and welcomes any questions that stakeholders have moving forward.