Kenya exports livestock from Chinese-built port

STORY: Kenya exports livestock from Chinese-built port DATELINE: Oct. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:40 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of ship transporting livestock docked at the Lamu Port 2. various of seafarers 3. various of livestock in a holding area 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PETER MASINDE, Manager of Cargo Operations at Lamu Port 5. various of a livestock inspector checking on the livestock 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JACK KISERO, JACK KISERO, International Trader Manager atAl Bashayer Meat Company 7. various of a ship docked at the Lamu Port 8. various of livestock ship compartments 9. various of the Lamu Port STORYLINE: Kenya on Tuesday exported 15,600 head of livestock from the Chinese-built Lamu Port destined for Port of Salalah in Oman, as the two countries agreed to boost livestock trade in the coming years. Al Bashayer Meat Company, which bought 15,600 animals from Kenya, will do a 30-day rotation between ports of Lamu and Salalah. Apart from the company, the Lamu Port has als

Chinese-built expressway starts trial run in Nairobi

STORY: Chinese-built expressway starts trial run in Nairobi DATELINE: May 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:58 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): JAMES ASANDE, Xinhua reporter 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JAMES MACHARIA, Kenya's Cabinet Secretary of Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MASINDE JOSEPH, Driver 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): AGGREY MAGANGA, Driver 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): RODAH MWENJE OKOTH, Toll attendant STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): JAMES ASANDE, Xinhua reporter "Welcome to the all-new Chinese-built 27-km Nairobi expressway, whose official public trial phase began on Saturday ahead of its official launch in a few weeks' time. According to Kenya National Highways Agency, the expressway testing will allow them to check on the system preparedness as well as the efficiency and effectiveness of the highway among car users. The 648 million U.S. dollars highway built under the public-private partnership model is exp