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Eyeing growth boost, Kenya opens Chinese-built railway

by Raphael Ambasu MOMBASA, Kenya (AFP) — Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday inaugurated a Chinese-built railway, the country’s biggest infrastructure project since its independence. The boxy red-and-white diesel train left from a gleaming new terminal in the port city of Mombasa, carrying Kenyatta, Chinese dignitaries and citizens from around the country on its maiden journey to Nairobi. The five-hour journey will take less than half the time to drive between the two cities, a […]