Nairobi — Joseck Nyareru, a 28-year-old Kenyan excavator operator, has never imagined he could briefly show the country' s president how to operate the heavy construction equipment until the day came.
During the ground-breaking ceremony on Saturday for the Nairobi terminus of the China-funded Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta twice excavated the earth in high spirits, alongside Nyareru in the cab of the equipment.
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