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Kenya has launched a $13.8bn flagship railway project linking the port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi and is hoping to extend towards neighbouring Uganda.
The project, called a "historic milestone" by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, will also connect with proposed lines to Rwanda and South Sudan.
Constructed by a Chinese state-owned firm and funded by the Chinese government, the railway line is expected to increase trade and boost Kenya's position as a regional economic powerhouse.
"What we are doing here today will most definitely transform... not only Kenya but the whole eastern African region," Kenyatta told the present crowd.
"As a result east Africa will become a competitive investment destination. A busy growing east Africa is good for us as a country."
The new railway line will replace the dilapidated British colonial-era railway, and has been hailed by the Kenyan media as the region's largest infrastructure project for a century.
The project, called a "historic milestone" by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, will also connect with proposed lines to Rwanda and South Sudan.
Constructed by a Chinese state-owned firm and funded by the Chinese government, the railway line is expected to increase trade and boost Kenya's position as a regional economic powerhouse.
"What we are doing here today will most definitely transform... not only Kenya but the whole eastern African region," Kenyatta told the present crowd.
"As a result east Africa will become a competitive investment destination. A busy growing east Africa is good for us as a country."
The new railway line will replace the dilapidated British colonial-era railway, and has been hailed by the Kenyan media as the region's largest infrastructure project for a century.
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