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Uhuru, Kikwete launch key regional road project

KeNHA Director General Peter Mundinia (right) explains to President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Tanzanian counterpart Jakaya Kikwete details of the stretch of road that will link Mombasa and Arusha. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Tanzanian counterpart Jakaya Kikwete yesterday officially launched the multi-national Arusha Holili-Taveta-Mwatate road project, a crucial transport corridor in East Africa that links the Northern corridor.

The road will link Kenya to Tanzania and reduce the distance from Mombasa port to Bujumbura, Burundi, by 400km.

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