SGR services at risk over Sh38bn China firm debt

A cargo train crosses the Mombasa-Nairobi Highway near Taru in Kwale County on February 21, 2020. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI

Operations of the standard gauge railway (SGR) Madaraka Express passenger and cargo trains risk being grounded over Sh38 billion in unpaid bills, Parliament has warned.

The National Assembly’s Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC) said that Kenya Railways has not paid Sh38 billion to Africa Star Railway Operation Company Ltd, the Chinese company contracted to operate the trains.

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