Kenya Standard Gauge to reach Malaba

[John Ashworth]

Kenya looks for funds to reach Malaba

[John Ashworth]

Kenya signs $5.42 bn railway extension deal with Chinese firm

The first phase of a cross-country rail project in East Africa's largest economy, and thence to other countries in the region, is expected to link the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa to Nairobi from mid-2017.

In December the government, seeking to reduce transport costs and boost trade, secured a $1.5 billion loan... to extend the track from the capital to the Rift Valley town of Naivasha.

Wednesday's deal with CCCC, worth 549 billion shillings ($5.42 billion), is to extend the line from Naivasha to the town of Malaba on the Ugandan border...

[John Ashworth]

Cabinet approves Kenya extension