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MARSABIT (Xinhua) -- Construction machines work on the Turbi-Moyale road in Kenya’s northern county of Marsabit. The tarmacking of the 130km Turbi-Moyale road by a Chinese firm, which connects Kenya and Ethiopia, is poised to unlock economic opportunities in Kenya’s northern county of Marsabit, and the country as a whole. XINHUA PHOTO - ZHOU XIAOXIONG
MOYALE (Xinhua) -- The tarmacking of the 130km Turbi-Moyale road by a Chinese firm, which connects Kenya and Ethiopia, is poised to unlock economic opportunities in Kenya’s northern county of Marsabit, and the country as a whole.
"The road has become a purveyor of opportunity and widened possibilities for the region that has hitherto lagged behind in development," Walda Jattani, a local government administrator in the county.
"It greatly eases travelling to Nairobi that used to take three days, but now take one day," he added.
The road is part of a Trans-Africa Highway, which starts from Cairo in Egypt to Cape Town in South Africa.
It is being upgraded to bitumen standards by the Kenyan government with support of the African Development Bank and China Exim Bank.
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