Posted to the web 9 October 2008 Muchemi Wachira And Philip Wahome Nairobi A project to open up all four corridors linking Kenya and other countries in the East African region is in progress. East African Community minister Kingi Jeffah said on Wednesday that the project would help avoid difficulties like those experienced during the post-election violence. Transporting goods from the port of Mombasa to the landlocked countries was hampered during the period. "During the post-election violence, we were relying only on the Mombasa-Malaba corridor," Mr Jeffah told a news conference in Nairobi on Wednesday. Landlocked He announced that the project would be funded by the European Union. It includes opening up the Mombasa-Namanga-Arusha corridor. Goods from the port can reach Burundi, Rwanda and even Uganda through this route....
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