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Rironi-Mau Summit road project snatched from France by China

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President William Ruto and Chinese President Xi Jinping during bilateral talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. President Ruto is in China fort the Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit. [PCS]

The Chinese may have snatched a major Kenyan road infrastructure project from the French, which they are now poised to develop.

The Rironi-Mau Summit road, which had been awarded to a consortium of French firms, was among the issues that were discussed by President William Ruto and Chinese President Xi Jinping Tuesday ahead of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit.

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