China wins another sweetheart deal to run new rail

A section of the standard gauge railway. The Mombasa–Nairobi section will be completed in June next year. PHOTO | FILE

Kenya has given China another sweetheart deal after agreeing to have a Chinese company operate business on the standard gauge railway without public bidding.

The deal to offer the firm the contract was reached on Saturday at a summit of the East African Community bloc in Kampala attended by President Uhuru Kenyatta, putting Rift Valley Railway (RVR) business at risk.

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