Icandelo lesibini (i-120 yeekhilomitha / i-75 yeekhilomitha) yoololiwe abaxhaswa ngemali yi-China KhenyaIdolophu elikomkhulu laseNairobi iye eNaivasha, idolophu eseCentral Rift Valley, evulwe kwiveki ephelileyo. Umongameli waseKenya u-Uhuru Kenyatta wayekhwele kuhambo lobuntombi.
I-China ibiphuhlisa inkonzo kaloliwe yaseKenya njengenxalenye yeBelt kunye neNdlela yokuQala ukudibanisa iAsia, iYurophu neAfrika. Umgaqo kaloliwe ngowona projekthi inkulu yeziseko zophuhliso eKenya ukusukela oko yazimela.
Iprojekthi ebizwa ngokuba yi-Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) yaphehlelelwa ngo-2017. Oololiwe abasebenza kwishedyuli yemihla ngemihla phakathi kwesixeko esikwizibuko laseMombasa ukuya eNairobi sele befudukele kwizigidi ezibini zabakhweli.
Isigaba sokuqala nesibini ayisosiphelo somgaqo weprojekthi kaloliwe. Kule minyaka izayo, iza kudibanisa amanye amazwe ase-Mpuma Afrika, ivule lo mmandla kurhwebo lwamanye amazwe.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The second section (120 kilometers/75 miles) of a China-funded railway connecting Kenya‘s capital city of Nairobi to Naivasha, a town in the Central Rift Valley, opened last week.
- China has been developing Kenya's rail service as part of the Belt and Road Initiative to connect Asia, Europe and Africa.
- Phase one and two are not the end of the line for the railway project.
