Kenyan President Commends Chinese-Built Expressway, Defends Ties With China

Kenyan President Commends Chinese-Built Expressway, Defends Ties With China
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta speaks at the opening ceremony of the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai on Nov. 5, 2018. Aly Song/AFP/Getty Images
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Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday commended the Chinese-built 27.1 kilometer Nairobi Expressway, which is slated to be ready by March next year, saying that Kenya’s partnership with China is one that is “mutually beneficial.”

During his inspection tour of the Nairobi Expressway, Kenyatta said the expressway had created over 6,000 direct jobs and benefitted 200 sub-contractors as well as hundreds of local suppliers of building materials.

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