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Kenya turns to the UAE for railway funds after China cut financing
President William Ruto (centre) and Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi (right), Sports CS Salim Mvuria( second right) and Environment CS Aden Duale (third right) meet UAE officials in Abu Dhabi on January 14, 2025.
Kenya has started discussions with the United Arab Emirates to secure financing to complete a regional railway, President William Ruto said, after China cut infrastructure funding to the project.
The railway connecting the Kenyan port of Mombasa with landlocked neighbours, as part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, ended in the Rift Valley in 2019, 468 kilometres (290 miles) short of the border with Uganda, after Beijing withdrew support.
