Kenyan highway upgrade boosts business, enhances regional connectivity
STORY: Kenyan highway upgrade boosts business, enhances regional connectivity
SHOOTING TIME: May 27, 2024
DATELINE: May 28, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:24
LOCATION: Nairobi
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Kenol-Sagana-Marua Highway
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CLEOPHAS MAKAU, Deputy director of the Kenya National Highways Authority and the project's coordinator
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RICHARD MALINGA, Principal transport engineer at the African Development Bank
STORYLINE:
A highway linking the Kenyan capital of Nairobi to the country's agriculturally-rich central region, has nearly completed its upgrade to a four-lane dual highway.
Previously, the 84-km Kenol-Sagana-Marua Highway was a congested two-lane road that travelers often avoided.
The road improvement project, which began in 2020, is being undertaken by two Chinese companies.
SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CLEOPHAS MAKAU, Deputy director of the Kenya National Highways Authority and the project's coordinator
"The contractor has delivered according
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