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Former US envoy and Kenyans in Sh471 billion Nairobi-Mombasa expressway deal

By Benjamin Imende | May. 25, 2024

**Former US ambassador to Kenya, Kyle McCarter.** [File, Standard]

Former US ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter, along with four Kenyans are the men and women behind Everstrong Capital, which signed a Sh471 billion agreement to build a 440 km expressway linking Nairobi and Mombasa during President William Ruto's tour of the United States of America.

The four Kenyans are Henry Kyanda, Fahima Zein, Carol Njuguna and Wilson Wambugu who hold senior positions in the company that clinched the deal announced at President Ruto and US President Joe Biden's meeting at the White House.

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