Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta (centre) with Deputy President William Ruto (2nd right) and Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho (right) joined by coast leaders at the launch of the standard gauge railway line in Mombasa on November 28. Photo/Kevin Odit
The race for economic dominance within the East African Community appeared to be taking shape as Kenya launched the first major project under the Coalition of the Willing — the standard gauge railway — while Tanzania announced a new economic partnership with Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo anchored in joint infrastructure projects.
In Mombasa, President Uhuru Kenyatta launched the first phase of the construction of a nearly 500-kilometre standard gauge railway, the first in the region, signalling a departure from the slower and ageing of metre gauge railway.
