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Kenya, Tanzania invite bids for construction of a high-voltage power line

Kenya and Tanzania have invited bids for the construction of a high-voltage power line connecting the two, part of efforts to meet growing demand for electricity and deepen integration of their economies.

The two countries will build approximately 510 km of 400 kilovolt (kV) power lines and several substations to allow them trade in power, they said in a statement published in Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper.

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