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The president will yet again open another infrastructure project on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 this time together with other East African Community officials. The heads of state, Mwai Kibaki, Jakaya Kikwete, Yoweri Museveni Paul Kagame and Burundi’s Pierre Nkurunzinza will officially open the recently completed Arusha-Namanga-Athi River road.
Executed under the EAC, the road that was built at a cost of US$164 million was funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and the Kenyan and Tanzanian governments. AfDB provided US$93 million for part of the road in Kenya, while JICA provided US$63 million for the Tanzanian side. The Kenyan and Tanzanian governments met the remaining cost.
The Arusha-Namanga-Athi River road, which is crucial for trade within the East African countries, is part of the wider E.A. Road Network corridor that runs from Tundama in Tanzania to Moyale on the Kenyan-Ethiopia border.
The road works, which were officially inaugurated in March 2009, involved expansion of the carriageway to a width of seven metres from five metres by construction of additional two metres wide ‘shoulders’ on either side of the road.
Construction on the Kenyan side (Athi River–Namanga Section) started in November 2007, while on the Tanzanian side (Arusha – Namanga Section) works commenced in September 2008.
Other corridors are Mombasa-Nairobi-Kampala to the Rwandan border, Biharamulo-Mwanza-Musoma-Sirari-Lodwar-Lokichogio, Nyakanazi-Kasulu-Sumbawanga to Tunduma, and Dar es Salaam-Dodoma-Isaka-Mutukula-Masaka.
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