Region plans to charge for use of major highways

Private sector experts contend that tolling is a critical success factor for the roads projects in the region. PHOTO | FILE

East African governments are engaged in a delicate balancing act to encourage more private sector participation in infrastructure projects while avoiding imposing more levies on citizens.

Across the region, governments have enacted progressive public-private partnerships (PPPs) laws to encourage the private sector to pump resources in infrastructure projects to ease the burden on the exchequer and reduce external borrowing.