Project ID: 72084

China Railway Construction Corporation branch offers emergency assistance to reopen road in Kenya

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Railway 21st Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (CR21) [State-owned Company]

Recipient

Kenya

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2018-03-15

Actual start

2018-03-15

Actual complete

2018-03-15

Geography

Description

On March 15th, 2018, China Railway 21st Bureau Group Co. Ltd, a branch of China Railway Construction Corporation, volunteered its trucks and equipment to help restore the Athi River Bridge along the A109, the main road connecting the port city of Mombasa and the capital, Nairobi. Torrential rains along the Athi River led to flooding that damaged the bridge and threatened to disrupt traffic flow along the road. China Railway 21st Bureau Group Co Ltd, which was working on a project nearby, mobilized more than 40 Chinese and 100 local employees to carry out emergency repairs that lasted 5 and a half hours. The flooding caused issues on other roads in Kenya. The B3 highway between Nairobi and Masai Mara also had to be repaired, as seen in project #89249.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Kenya [Government Agency]