Chinese firm managing SGR pockets taxpayers’ billions

SGR Cargo train at the Inland Container Depot, Nairobi. file photo | nmg

Taxpayers paid billions to the Chinese firm managing the Nairobi-Mombasa standard gauge railway (SGR) line as the mega rail struggles to raise revenues adequate for its operations.

The Transport committee of the National Assembly says the Treasury reviewed its budget to accommodate an additional Sh59 billion payment that includes management fees for SGR operations.

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