PRESIDENT Magufuli and his Kenyan counterpart President Uhuru Kenyatta has today launched a construction of 234.3 Km multinational Arusha-Holili/Taveta-Voi road corridor in Arusha Region.

The project, under East African Community (EAC), member states, is jointly funded by the governments of Kenya and Tanzania together with African Development Bank (AfDB) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

The ceremony was witnessed by EAC Heads of State who embraced Kiswahili in a new spirit to make it main language of the Region. All of them addressed the gathering using Kiswahili.

The road launched very fundamental for the regional integration and establishing the missing road network links in the regional infrastructure corridor.

The road will also promote trade and economic growth in both countries.

The president’s speeches were mostly centered on industrialisation of East African states and free trade movement among local people of the Region.

Source: Daily News

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