Chinese technicians mentor young Ugandan engineers in road upgrading project

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Chinese technicians mentor young Ugandan engineers in road upgrading project

STORY: Chinese technicians mentor young Ugandan engineers in road upgrading project DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the road under constructionSOUNDBITE 1 (English): NOELLAH NOWEMBABAZI, Assistant materials engineer of CICOSOUNDBITE 2 (English): LAZIBAN TUKASHABA, Engineering trainee of CICOSOUNDBITE 3 (English): LYU YONG, Chinese engineer of CICOvarious of people working STORYLINE: Chinese technicians working in Uganda are sharing their knowledge and skills with local young engineers in a road upgrading project. Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO), a Chinese firm, was contracted to upgrade the dual-carriage 21 km road to bitumen standard from Kira to Matugga. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NOELLAH NOWEMBABAZI, Assistant materials engineer of CICO "I'm working in the lab as an assistant materials engineer, so I get to look at all the tests being done in the lab, analyze all the materials being done. And then someti

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