Foreign Media: Kenya and China have restarted the stalled standard-gauge railway extension project after more than six years, replacing sovereign debt with an innovative financing model, with an estimated cost of $5.4 billion.
China Communications Construction Company and its subsidiary China Road and Bridge will construct two sections of the line—the 264-kilometer stretch from Naivasha to Kisumu and the 107-kilometer section from Kisumu to the Malaba border—planning to complete them by June next year.
Kenyan President Ruto described this project as the country's "most impactful" development initiative, significantly reducing transportation costs and replacing the "Mad Train" built by the British in 1901.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1861194427985994/
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