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Uganda opens iconic bridge across River Nile
THURSDAY OCTOBER 18 2018

The newly commissioned 525-metre long Source of the Nile Bridge in Jinja, Uganda. PHOTO | PPU

In Summary

• The $112 million cable-stayed bridge was funded by a loan from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency.
• The bridge is expected to have a life span of 120 years.

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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni officially launched a 525-metre long bridge, dubbed The Source of the Nile Bridge, Wednesday in the southern town of Jinja.

The $112 million cable-stayed bridge was funded by a loan from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency.

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni cuts the ribbon during the commissioning of the 525-metre long Source of the Nile Bridge in Jinja on October 17, 2018. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI | NMG

Mr Masahisa Sato, the State Foreign Affairs Minister of Japan, was also present at the ceremony.

Jinja thoroughfare that the bridge connects is a busy import-export route for Uganda through Kenya and, as such, provides the economic lifeline for the landlocked country.

The old Nalubaale bridge. It will now be used by motorcyclists after commissioning of the Source of the Nile Bridge. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI | NMG

Some 800 employees, almost nine out of every 10 being Ugandans, built the infrastructure over four years.

Zenitaka Corporation and Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company from Japan and South Korea, respectively, built the bridge.

It is the second of its kind in East Africa after Tanzania’s 680 metre-longKigamboni Bridge, which was commissioned a fortnight ago.

Samuel Muhoozi, the Director of Roads and Bridges at Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), said the bridge could become a major tourist attraction.

Jinja residents walk on the newly-commissioned 525-metre long The Source of the Nile Bridge on October 17, 2018. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI | NMG

“One of the aims of constructing this bridge was enhancing tourism with the addition of this iconic signature bridge in this picturesque location," he was quoted by local media as saying.

The signature beauty of the gigantic concrete and steel structure is 72 harp-like white cables connecting the bridge deck to two 69-metre tall inverted-Y pylon towers.

The Japanese-funded $112 million 525-metre long Source of the Nile. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI | NMG

The bridge is expected to have a life span of 120 years.

- Reporting by BBC and Daily Monitor

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Mozambique opens $785m Chinese built bridge
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11 2018

A general view of the newly inaugurated Maputo-Katembe bridge in Maputo. Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi opened the Chinese-built $785 million bridge on November 10, 2018, saying it would help link northern and southern Africa. PHOTO | AFP
In Summary

• President Nyusi said the bridge was an achievement of the dream of Mozambique's first President Samora Machel
• The twin-tower suspension bridge stands 141 metres above the Maputo Bay
• Chinese firms have often been criticised for exploiting the southern African country

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Mozambique has opened $785m Chinese-built Africa's longest suspension bridge connecting the capital Maputo with the South African border.

The infrastructure masterpiece, inaugurated by President Filipe Nyusi on Saturday, will link the two countries by road for the first time.

President Nyusi said the bridge was an achievement of the dream of Mozambique's first President Samora Machel.

The project, which the China Road and Bridge Corporation began constructing in June 2014, was supported 90 percent by a loan provided by Beijing, increasing the southern African state's indebtedness to the latter significantly.

Some analysts have questioned the importance of the bridge to Mozambique.
"The country had other priorities than this expensive bridge," VOA Radio quoted, Mr Roberto Tibana, an economist as saying.

The Asian giant
But the National Roads Administration head, Mr César Macuácua, was quoted saying the bridge would develop the region as 4,000 vehicles will cross it every day.

The twin-tower suspension bridge stands 141 metres above the Maputo Bay. It is 680 metres-long and joins the Maputo city centre to the outlying district of Katembe.

Mozambique and China cooperate in several areas.

In 2016, President Filipe Nyusi paid China a four-day state visit aimed at reviving the economic cooperation with the Asian giant.

The Chinese ambassador to Maputo, Mr Su Jian, was quoted saying the project would create more than 3,000 jobs for Mozambique.

Mining concession
Chinese firms have often been criticised for exploiting the southern African country.

In April, Amnesty International accused a Chinese mining firm of putting an entire Mozambique coastal village at risk by its operations.

The human rights watchdog said in a report that Nagonha village could be washed into the Indian Ocean due to the irresponsible mining by Chinese firm Haiyu.

Nagonha is a fishing village with 1,329 residents living in 236 huts, about 180km east of Nampula City.

The village is located inside a mining concession which was awarded to Haiyu Mozambique Mining Co. Lda, a subsidiary of Hainan Haiyu Mining Co. Ltd based in China, on December 19, 2011.

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Hili la Maputo halipo sexy kabisa, it looks old and cheap! Ata ukiliangalia kwa mbali muundo wake uko kind of scary and agry. In my opinion ata lile la Mombasa lipo better lina class kuliko hili.

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