Kenya plans to begin construction in 2025 of a $13.8 billion high-speed electric railway from its Indian Ocean port of Lamu to Ethiopia and South Sudan.
The 3,000-kilometer (1,864-mile) railway will link the new port to the central Kenyan town of Isiolo, and branch into three to Addis Ababa, Juba and Nairobi, according to the Lapsset Corridor Development Authority, the agency in charge of the project .
Construction of link to Addis Ababa, Juba begins in 2025.
Railway is part of $22 billion proposed transport corridor.
Source: Africa News Agency
