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President Uhuru Kenyatta, UN chief Ban Ki-moon push for opening up of Africa through roads

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (L) and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, share a joke as they arrive on October 30, 2014 for the first Africa Sustainable Transport Forum – and the largest gathering of African Ministers of Transport and Environment at the United Nations Complex in Nairobi. AFP PHOTO/SIMON MAINA

NAIROBI, KENYA: President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged African ministers to craft innovative technologies to develop sustainable transport systems to open up the continent.

The Head of State spoke Thursday at the United Nations Complex in Gigiri, Nairobi, during a high-level meeting attended by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who reminded participants that more than half of Africa’s people have to walk long distances.

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