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Kenya Railways Corp. shrugged off Rwanda’s preference to route a line via Tanzania and said it plans to develop the western town of Kisumu into a hub that could eventually connect with the resource-rich Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwanda’s decision to focus a route to an Indian Ocean port in Tanzania instead of one in Kenya “has no impact on our development,” the state-owned company’s managing director, Atanas Maina, said Tuesday in an interview in Nairobi, the capital. Kenya will continue developing its standard-gauge line in phases, he said. “Kisumu makes a lot of sense, because we are still able to serve the rest of the countries and meet our obligation as a country to make sure there is inter-connectivity,” he said. A line from Kenya to Congo, which have no common border, would cross Uganda. Rwanda last week said the proposed Tanzanian route is “ cheaper and shorter ” than a line through Kenya. It’s the second time Kenya may lose out on plans to develop regional infrast...

Tanzania removes thousands of non-existent workers from public payroll By  Divya Kishore As part of a major anti-corruption drive, Tanzania has removed more than 10,000 non-existent workers from the public payroll. According to officials, the payroll audit will continue and more "ghost workers" are likely to be identified. "We will identify those behind this payroll fraud and take them to court ... the fight against corruption is top priority for the government," Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa  said in an official statement , adding, it would save the exchequer more than 4.5 billion shillings ($2.832m, £1.9m) a month. More from IBTimes UK  UK's hypocrisy on Nigerian corruption  John Kerry: Corruption 'as much of an enemy' as extremism  Ending fuel subsidy in Nigeria 'sensible first step' towards ending corruption Ranked 117 out of 167 countries in the Transparency International corruption index, Tanzania is struggling hard to...