Friendly relations and cooperation between China and Africa will not be encroached upon even as the United States has tried in recent years to counter China's influence on the continent, experts have said.
The expressway is expected to reduce travel time to about four and a half hours from the current average of 10.5 hours it takes to travel between Nairobi and Mombasa by road.
President William Ruto has secured $3.6 billion (Sh 477 billion) in funding from the United States to construct the 440-kilometer Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway, marking a major milestone for Kenya.