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Chinese SGR firm offered Sh2.5bn Nairobi rail deal

Passengers ride on an overloaded train from the Dandora station during a strike by the Federation of Public Transport operators in Nairobi on November 12, 2018. PHOTO | JOAN PERERUAN

By  EDWIN OKOTH

The Chinese firm that built the multi-billion-shilling Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is set to clinch a Sh2.5 billion contract to refurbish the Nairobi commuter railway network in a single-sourced deal tabled before the Cabinet.

Transport Secretary James Macharia wants the Cabinet to approve the hiring of China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) without subjecting it to competitive bidding, citing a lack of local firms "with required capacity to undertake the works".

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