{President Kenyatta receives President Paul Kagame on arrived at the Kenya Ports Authority, Mombasa for the commissioning of Berth 19 August 28, 2013. }
{{President Paul Kagame on Wednesday attended the commissioning of the Expansion of Port Mombasa in neighbouring Kenya.}}
The port was commissioned by Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta at a function also attended by president Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and several dignitaries drawn from different countries within the East African region.
The Mombasa Port Berth 19 is the deepest berth in the East African coast. It will aid in berthing of larger container ships and improve operations at the Mombasa port.
President Kenyatta said Mombasa Port must position itself to serve the interests of the entire East Africa region, “We want to make Mombasa port one of the largest, busiest and business friendly in the East African coast.”
“Today’s launch marks governments commitment to improving business in the region, this is the deepest berth in East African Coast,”He said.
The newly elected Kenyan Leader said his government is working on measures to upgrade road and railway lines aimed at improving cargo processing thereby reducing cost of doing business.
He added, “We are in the next few years going to increase rail freight from the current 4 to 50%, the strategy will work well with other plans such as the introduction of technology at the port to efficiently serve our neighbours”.
He said the Port that is the gateway to the region demands higher standards of integrity, efficiency, discipline and accountability in order to consolidate the role it plays in the transport logistics chain, road and rail systems.
open video for Mombasa Port Commisioning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFf3l-yc48o
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