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China rail contractor to buy Sh130bn (US$ 1.5bn) local materials


The Chinese company building the new Nairobi-Mombasa railway has been restricted to buying local materials worth Sh130 billion (US$ 1.5bn) or 40 per cent of project costs. Transport secretary Michael Kamau says the move will boost the economy during the construction phase that starts in September and is expected to end in June 2017.

China Road and Bridge Corporation has been appointed to construct the initial Kenyan leg of the new line, despite widespread criticism that there was no competitive tendering for the work.

Sand, cement, electric cables, galvanised iron and steel top list of items to be bought locally during the construction of 609.3km at a cost of Sh327 billion contract price. This is set to benefit cement makers as well as steel firms and protect the local economy from head-to-head competition with established Asian suppliers.

"This is so far the best deal with any of our development partners," Mr Kamau said yesterday at a symposium organised by the Kenya Railway Corporation (KRC) to sensitise the private sector about the mega project.

"We have set an example for the whole region on engagements with our Asian friends, China in particular."

The project is designed to cut transport costs and boost regional trade and the next phase will run from Nairobi to Malaba to link to the Uganda and Rwanda sections of the standard gauge railway.

"The project has been designed for Kenyan people to register gains from the first day implementation," said Mr Han Chunlin, economic and commercial consular at Chinese Embassy in Nairobi. "Apart from direct benefits like technology transfer and buying of local materials, the China Road & Bridge Corporation will also have to fulfill its social responsibility."

Kenya will receive 90 per cent or Sh294.3 billion of the Mombasa-Nairobi construction price from the China Exim Bank in September. The State has been raising its 10 per cent portion (Sh32.7 billion) through the 1.5 per cent railway development levy.

The government says it has since paid out Sh6.6 billion to the contractor to enable it start its work.

"The government can raise its portion of the SGR budget in just two financial years but we intend to continue collecting the levy in future to finance land acquisition and commuter train," said Mr Kamau.

Apart from building materials, the money will flow into the local economy through land acquisition, security services, skilled and manual labour, logistics, petroleum products, house construction and fencing. Others include supply of explosives, haulage equipment, vehicles and safety equipment.

The sleeper factory at Section 7 (Emali) of the SGR Project

SGR is on a roll. Visit by KR board to the Emali plant















A Chinese firm has pleaded with the court not to stop ongoing construction of the Sh366 billion standard gauge railway (SGR), arguing that it has not trespassed on Kibwezi residents' land.



China Road and Bridge Corporation says in response to a petition filed by Kibwezi West MP Patrick Musimba that its employees have not trespassed on anyone's land, and that the firm has only constructed access roads on land that has already been handed over to it by the National Land Commission.


Mr Musimba claims CRBC has illegally set up two camps, one of which is a stone-crushing site located next to a school, and that it is likely to harm the students' health.


He has sued the National Land Commission, National Environment Management Authority (Nema) and the Attorney General. CRBC has been enjoined as an interested party.


"It is not true that CRBC employees have been trespassing on the property of the residents of Kibwezi. CRBC employees have been surveying the area in order to help with preparations for the construction of the SGR," Hu Zhaoguang, CRBC's deputy general manager says in court filings.


"If CRBC is stopped from conducting the preparatory works, which can be very time consuming the entire timetable for the SGR will be thrown into disarray. CRBC has spent a substantial amount of money to discharge all the work done so far," added Mr Zhaoguang.


The Chinese company is constructing the modern railway line that is designed to link Mombasa to the rest of East Africa.
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Nawapeni hongera sana wakina "hakuna matataaa" sisi kwetu hapa kila kukicha ni ngonjela tu mara mchakato mara upembuzi yakinifu kama misamiati ingekuwa inajenga reli basi kenya t tngekungekuwa tumeizidi kwa mbali! Nasema hivi taifa letu halina nia thabiti ya kutandaza reli ya kati to stanstandard gauge halina kabisa! Wafanya biashara wakubwa wa heavy trucks wameteka nyara taifa letu,wanahakikisha rreli ya kati haijengwi,they are so powerful wanafanya wapendalo-bila taifa letu kutawaliwa kipolisi polisi/jeshi kwa muda walao wa miaka mitano basi wafanya biashara wa usafirishaji wa mizigo na wale wanao import sukari kutoka nje watatumaliza. We fikiria waziri mkuu wetu aliwahi kwenda uchina kikazi among other things aliomba wachina wasaidie kujenga upya reli ya kati,kama nakumbuka vizuri wachina walimkubalia walukuwa tayari kutoa mkopo kugharimia ujenzi kupitia exim benki katik suala hilo tuliwatanguli wakenya,sasa nini kilicho kuja tokea baadae hakun effort zilifanyika kufatilia project ya wachina in othe words vimgoz wet hawakuichangamki sana