Sunday, June 16, 2019

Who Is Real Winner in Kenya's Chinese-built Railway?

Kenya's Daily Nation published on 10 June 2019 an article titled "Chinese Firms True Winners of SGR Project" by Edwin Okoth.

The Chinese-financed and built standard gauge railway between Mombasa and Nairobi in Kenya has become largely an import tool to move cargo from Mombasa port inland with little being exported. For every 8 tons of cargo moving inland, just over one ton is exported. Much of the imported cargo comes from China.