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A peek into East Africa longest railway tunnel

Journalists take pictures inside the railway tunnel at Ngong Kajiado County on 25th September 2018. A Chinese company contracted to construct the Nairobi – Naivasha SGR Phase 2A, have successfully drilled the longest railway tunnel in East Africa. China Communications Construction Company Ltd. (CCCC), has drilled a 4.5 km tunnel, in Ngong, Kajiado county that has been designed as a single-track railway tunnel with a clearance height of 9 Meters and a width of 7 Meters. [PHOTO: PETERSON GITHAIGA/STANDARD]

A Chinese company contracted to build Phase 2A of the Nairobi-Naivasha Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has successfully drilled the longest railway tunnel in East Africa.

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