Mongolian Railway to help Kenya Economic Revitalization -Philip Mainga, General Manager of the Kenyan Railway Corporation

Xinhua News Agency, Nairobi, August 2: Interview with the Mongolian Railway to help Kenya's economic revitalization -Pielip Miyanga, general manager of visiting the Kenyan Railway Company

Xinhua News Agency reporter Bai Lin

"The Mongolian Railway is a project that has a successful, future, and can change the country." Philip Mainga, general manager of the Kenyan Railway Corporation, said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency that the Mongolian Railway is an important part of the Kenyan economy. It has played a very important role in promoting national economic growth.

The Mongolian Railway is an important achievement of the "Top Ten Cooperative Plan" determined by the China -Africa Cooperation Forum Johannesburg Summit. It connects the largest port of Monbara and Kenya Capital Nairobi in East Africa. It is about 480 kilometers in length. It is a Chinese standard, Chinese technology, China The modern railway built is also the largest infrastructure project since Kenya's independence.

On May 31, 2017, the Mongolian Railway built by Chinese enterprises was opened to traffic. Passengers' travel time from Nairobi to Monbabasa was reduced from an average of 10 hours to 5 hours. Over the past five years, the Mongolian railway is like a "arterial artery", which has accelerated the pace of modernization of Kenya, and has also promoted the connection between East Africa and China -Africa cooperation.

Miyanga said that the Mongolian railway is the most efficient and most reliable infrastructure in Kenya. In the past five years, a total of 8 million passengers have been sent. For example, 6 passenger cars are run today, and 7,000 to 10,000 passengers are transported every day. More and more people choose to ride the Mongolian railway because it is safe, timely, and comfortable. "We bring many tourists to Monbara, and many people go to Monbara to do business," he said.

The latest report of the National Bureau of Statistics of Kenya shows that the number of guests in the Mongolian railway passenger trains in 2021 reached 2 million.

From the perspective of Mainga, the Mongolian Railway not only made important contributions to the country's tourism industry through passenger transport, but also promoted the overall export of Kenya through freight. He said that it only took 8 hours to transport the goods from Monbara to Nerobi through the Mongolian Railway, and it took 1 to 2 days in the past. Because of the Mongolian Railway, Monaka Port is no longer congested. Kenya's exports are growing, and export products are more diverse. "The Mongolian Railway is bringing greater vitality to exports."

On December 17, 2019, the first Benzori-Maraba bid rail railway (Nema Railway) freight trains entered the Kenya Navasha inland container port. The Neima Railway project is an extension of the Mongolian Railway to northwestern Kenya.

Miyana estimates that the Mongolian Railway's contribution to Kenya's domestic GDP is between 2%and 3%. "The Mongolian Railway has created efficiency, created employment, and promoted Kenya's manufacturing and industry to a new level. This is the key role in the Mongolian railway. Manufacturers, logistics companies and related practitioners have benefited a lot." Ma Yi Erga said.

In the past five years, China has also relying on the Mongolian railway to train a "team that can't take away" for Kenya. On February 23 this year, the first -row of the Mongolian Railway Trip in the Mongolian Railway was independent of the Kenfang locomotive flight team, marking the localization of China Enterprise to promote the localization of Kenfang locomotives to a new level.

Miinega said that China is committed to teaching technology to Kenfang, and most of the localization rate of work is more than 80%. "Thanks to technology empowerment, Kenfang employees can now drive, operate, repair and maintain to ensure the smooth operation of the Mongolian railway."

Miyanga said that Kenya is striving to move towards the national development vision in 2030, emphasizing infrastructure construction, and is committed to achieving national industrialization and modern development goals. The Mongolian railway is the "key driving force" for achieving this vision. At the same time, this railway has become a lifeline of the East Africa's multinational economy, which is helping to connect to the East Africa region to promote the process of regional integration.

[Editor in charge: Liu Xiaodong]

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