Chinese firms true winners of Kenya's SGR project

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Chinese firms true winners of Kenya's SGR project

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How the Chinese firms became true winners of Kenya's SGR project
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· For every 7.8 tonnes of cargo ferried inland by the trains, just 1.01 tonnes is railed back to the port, scuttling hopes that Kenya would benefit by using the line to export goods.

· This has fanned fears that the Chinese have turned the railway into a convenient tool to ship in cheap imports.

- The influx of such imports has been flagged for being detrimental to the country’s industrialisation, with manufacturing being one of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s legacy projects.
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