Reuters, 11/09 17:58 CET
By Edith Honan
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The tracks
for a new, faster railway linking the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa to
Kenya’s capital will be laid by the end of 2016 and will open for
commercial traffic on target in June 2017, the chairman of Kenya
Railways said on Friday.
The Chinese-financed project is the first stage in a
scheme that aims to extend to Uganda and other land-locked states. The
goal is to cut the cost of transport and boost trade, by replacing a
narrow-gauge line that has slower top speeds.
“We’re ahead of schedule,” Kenya Railways managing
director Atanas Maina said in Nairobi. “There’s government commitment,
there’s been
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