Kenya to Finally Extend the SGR to the Ugandan Border… Without Any Chinese Financing

Kenya’s parliament approved funds to extend the Standard Gauge Railway from Naivasha in the Rift Valley all the way to Malaba on the border with Uganda. Several years ago, this extension was known as “SGR Phase 3.” President Uhuru Kenyatta’s requests for the financing of this phase were famously rejected (twice) by China. This time, the Kenyan government will be underwriting the construction cost itself and at a considerably lower price.

The China Road and Bridge Corporation, the same Chinese state-owned contractor that built the first two phases of the SGR, was selected by Kenya Railways to build the 23.5-kilometer extension too. (KENYANS.CO.KE)

Other China-Kenya Infrastructure Headlines:

  • RAILWAYS: The Kenyan government is threatening to expel the China Communications Construction Company, parent company of the China Road and Bridge Corporation that built the SGR and the new Nairobi Expressway among other projects, for failing to properly register its business license. (KENYANS.CO.KE)
  • ROADS: The requirement by the Kenya National Highways Authority for the China Road and Bridge Corporation to locally source materials to build the new Nairobi Expressway is resulting in huge windfalls for local cement, sand and steel suppliers. (KENYANS.CO.KE)
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