China slaps Kenya with fine for missing on SGR payments

Let's separate the issues around this project.

The construction of the railway was good vision
The overinflating of costs (corruption) was terribly bad.
Jubilee Uhuruto fucked up everything Kibaki had envisioned.
1. They doubled(or even trippled) its cost
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2. No enough cargo if the final destination was to be Naivasha. So it was envisioned to go all the way to Congo. Feasibility study showed
3. The loan itself.

We have inept leaders in kenya, and then there is uhuru. Imagine if China funded construction of the railway line all the way to kisumu.
 
I still retain the SGR isn't bad. It was just overpriced. Look at the Expressway, equally overpriced and we revert to Treasury since it cannot pay for itself with tolls. Barabara ya chini still looks like a hell hole maze with open drainages zinaweza ngoa tire if you are not careful.
 
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