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Kenya Opens Second Phase of Massive Railway Project

Ruud Elmendorp

   NAIROBI / NAIVASHA - Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta officially opened
   on Wednesday the second phase of his flagship infrastructure project: a
   Chinese-funded and built railway that will eventually link the port of
   Mombasa to Uganda.

   The latest stretch of track cost $1.5 billion and runs from Nairobi to
   the Rift Valley town of Naivasha. But critics say the cost of the
   railway is plunging Kenya into debt.

   Waving the Kenyan flag, Kenyatta inaugurated the second phase of the
   country's new railway.

   The president then joined the first ride and listened to the on-board
   announcements.

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