President Uhuru Kenyatta has won this year’s African award on transport and road infrastructure.Kenyatta was announced the victor in a ceremony in Dakar, Senegal on Friday.
The president was honoured by the Africa Road Builders for Jubilee’s projects in railway, road, air as well as a nationwide street lighting.
The President of Media for Infrastructure and Finance in Africa Adama Wade cited Standard Gauge Railway as a major project under Uhuru’s tenure that will have an impact on economy.
“The SGR has reduced costs of travelling between the two cities by half and at the same time taking half of the time for the trip,” Wade said.
Uhuru will receive the trophy on May 23 in Busan, South Korea, during the the African Development Bank annual meeting.