Chinese-built Nairobi Expressway marks 10 mln users milestone

STORY: Chinese-built Nairobi Expressway marks 10 mln users milestone DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): JAMES ASANDE, Xinhua reporter 2. various of the expressway 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOSEPH MBUGUA, Principal Secretary for Roads 4. various of the expressway 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KALPESH MANILA SOLANKI, Expressway user 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): IRSHAD QUAZZAFI, Expressway user STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): JAMES ASANDE, Xinhua reporter "This Nairobi Expressway, the 27.1-km ultra modern thoroughfare is today (Tuesday) marking a major milestone with 10 million customers. It has saved on logistics and commuting costs, making Kenya a diplomatic, economic, and transport hub." The Nairobi Expressway links the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenya's main airport, on the eastern side of the country's capital to the Nairobi-Nakuru highway in the west. It was financed and built by China Road and Bridge Corporation under a public-