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Contractor drills longest railway tunnel

Journalists take pictures inside the railway tunnel at Ngong Kajiado County

KAJIADO, KENYA: A Chinese company contracted to construct the Nairobi–Naivasha SGR Phase 2A, has successfully drilled the longest railway tunnel in East Africa.

China Communications Construction Company (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.

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