Why Kenya may not reap the full benefits of SGR

President Uhuru Kenyatta applauds as a cargo wagon passes by during the launch of the SGR in May. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The punditry party on Kenya’s knight in shining armour — the 470km Mombasa-Nairobi standard gauge railway line worth $3.2 billion — may have started long ago but is certainly far from closure.

Judging by the little information available in the public domain this far, the huge public investment, which is Kenya’s largest and most expensive infrastructure project, seems not to have been properly structured to meet its objectives.

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