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Non-Profit Pan-African Think Tank conducting policy research and analysis on Governance and Security in Africa

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In the launch we also have Ambassodor Kirimi P. Kaberia, currently the Principal Secretary, Ministry of Industrialisation , prior to this He was the Principal Secretary, Ministry of Defence in Kenya up to April 2017. And also Principal secretary Ministry of Sports. Kirimi John Kaberia

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BRI project represent Kenya’s largest infrastructure investment since independence. 33 Kenya is one of the 46 out of 55 Member States in the Africa Union participating in BRI, by 2021. #BRIinKEnya #BRIReportLaunch Belt & Road Advisory China Daily China Xinhua News

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In Kenya, China has supported modern infrastructure projects such as railways, expansion of roads, construction of ports, dams, industries, digital connectivity, airports which have injected vitality into the countries growth. #BRIinKenya #BRIReportLaunch @WuPeng_MFAChina

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Prof. Maringa is a renowned Architect/Planner; who is currently serving as the principal secretary Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing & Urban Development, Government of Kenya is also in the launch #BRIinKenya #BRIReportLaunch Prof. Paul Maringa Belt & Road Advisory

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According to a recent opinion poll conducted by the East Africa Index in September 2021, 82% of Kenyans agreed that the Country’s infrastructure has improved over the last 10 years. #BRIinKenya #BRIReportLaunch Chinese Embassy in Kenya China Daily Hua Chunying 华春莹

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Kenya’s rail transport is a dual system made up of an over century old Meter-Gauge (MGR) network and a new Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). #BRIinKenya #BRIReportLaunch Africa China Review Belt & Road Advisory China Xinhua News

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The two rail networks connect Kenya's Indian Ocean ports, both Mombasa and Lamu, to the interior and further to Kenya’s neighbours in East and Central Africa. #BRIinKenya #BRIReportLaunch Chinese Embassy in Kenya China Daily CGTN Africa

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According to a recent opinion poll conducted by the East Africa Index in September 2021, 82% of Kenyans agreed that the Country’s infrastructure has improved over the last 10 years. #BRIinKenya #BRIReportLaunch @WuPeng_MFAChina Belt & Road Advisory

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The idea of Kenya’s SGR network originated in East Africa. It is part of the East African Master Plan, designed to link all SGRs in the larger East African Community. #BRIinKenya #BRIReportLaunch Belt & Road Advisory @WuPeng_MFAChina Hua Chunying 华春莹 Africa China Review

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China is supporting the refurbishing of the over 120-year-old British-era meter gauge railway, East Africa’s oldest railroad lampooned as Lunatic Express. It has a total length of 2,778 kilometers. #BRIinKenya #BRIReportLaunch Belt & Road Advisory Hua Chunying 华春莹

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The 177km metre-gauge railway line from Nairobi to Nanyuki was rehabilitated at a cost of Sh3 billion to increase cargo capacity and passenger transport while bringing down transport costs. #BRIinKenya #BRIReportLaunch @WuPeng_MFAChina CGTN Africa China Xinhua News

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The idea of linking up East Africa with an SGR lines concretized in October 2009 when Kenya and Uganda signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build and link up their proposed SGR lines followed by a treaty between the two partners and Rwanda in August 2013. #BRIinKenya

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The construction of the SGR has unfolded in three phases: Mombasa-Nairobi; Nairobi- Naivasha; and Naivasha-Malaba via Kisumu. #BRIinKenya #BRIReportLaunch China Xinhua News China Daily Belt & Road Advisory @WuPeng_MFAChina

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The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), the primary contractor, completed the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge line in May 2017. #BRIinKenya #BRIReportLaunch Hua Chunying 华春莹 Africa China Review

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SGR has a route length of 479km and a total length of 609km traversing through eight counties: Mombasa, Kilifi, Kwale, Taita-Taveta, Makueni, Kajiado, Machakos and Nairobi. #BRIinKenya #BRIReportLaunch Belt & Road Advisory China Xinhua News Chinese Embassy in Kenya