China firm seeks Sh26b in golf city tender row

Two weeks ago the court also froze Kenya Railways assets countrywide, an order the corporation is contesting on the grounds that its operations would grind to a halt. It also argues that only three of its assets are the subject of the contract dispute. Photo/FILE

An investor is seeking Sh26 billion compensation from the Kenya Railways Corporation (KR) for breach of contract over a proposed Sh40 billion golf city project in Nairobi.

A Chinese company — Erdemann Property Group — won the 2009 tender to convert the current Railways Club golf course into a golf city with a five-star hotel on a 63-acre piece of land along Haile Selassie Avenue and Uhuru Highway.

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