China signs mega Africa rail deal
Published: 11 May 2014 at 20.49 | Viewed: 712 | Comments: 1
Writer: AFP
China on Sunday signed a deal to build a US$3.8 billion (123.5 billion
baht) rail link between Kenya's Indian Ocean port of Mombasa and
Nairobi, the first stage of a line that will eventually link Uganda,
Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan.
Under the terms of the agreement, Exim Bank of China will provide 90
percent of the cost to replace the crumbling British colonial-era line
with a 609.3 kilometre standard-gauge link and Kenya the remaining
10%.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (left) and Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta
applaud the signing of the Standard Gauge Railway agreement at the
State House in Nairobi on Sunday.
Construction is due to start in October and take three-and-a-half
years to complete, with China Communications Construction Co. as the
main contractor.
Once the Mombasa-Nairobi line is completed, construction would begin
to link east Africa's largest economy with Kampala, Kigali, Bujumbura
and Juba.
The deal was signed at State House in Nairobi and witnessed by
presidents Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Paul
Kagame of Rwanda and Salva Kiir of South Sudan.
"This project demonstrates that there is equal cooperation and mutual
benefit between China and the East African countries, and the railway
is a very important part of transport infrastructure development,"
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said.
Li has been on a four-country tour of Africa, his first since taking
office last year, with the world's second-biggest economy keen to
boost its presence on the continent to find new markets and
opportunities.
Kenyatta hailed the booming relationship with China, calling it one
"based on mutual trust" and saying Kenya "has found an honourable
partner in China".
Museveni also took a swipe at Western donors who have been critical of
his leadership -- including government corruption and his recent
signing of draconian anti-gay legislation.
"We are happy to see that China is concentrating on the real issues of
development," Museveni said.
"They don't give lectures on how to run local governments and other
issues I don't want to mention," he said.
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Voilà une affaire qui sent les règlements de compte de la guerre
congolaise. La Tanzanie est isolée dans ce projet malgré qu'elle avait
dépêchée une délégation de haut niveau dans les négociations
préalables à cette signature finale.
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