Kenya secures $3.59 billion from China to extend SGR from Naivasha to Kisumu

[nyangau mkenya]

President Uhuru Kenyatta has secured an additional $3.59 billion from China to extend SGR from Naivasha to Kisumu.

Uhuru secured the amount that will be available immediately at a meeting with Chinese President XI Jinping on Monday.

“The President wants the railway to reach Kisumu then Malaba especially because of the new port that is being built [there],” said State House Spokesman Manoa Esipisu.

Before flying to China, Uhuru had phone conversations with Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame on the possibility of the two countries extending the railway all the way to Kigali.

As a result, the three countries will send a joint team to Beijing to bid for more funding for SGR to reach Malaba and go on to Kampala and then Kigali.

After the launch of the railway line from Mombasa to Nairobi at the end of May, the Chinese government will provide special security while building the capacity of Kenyans who will take over.
At the moment there are different groups of young Kenyans being trained in various institutions in China on running the railway and its various components.




Uhuru secures $3.59 billion more from China to extend SGR to Kisumu

 

[Jay456watt]

KENYA HOYEEEEE! this calls for a celebration...ikifika Kisumu atleast we can do the rest to Malaba...

 

[ngozimbili]

Kagame Museveni wanawacheza Shere Magufuli na Raila, yetu macho hongera zenu wa Kenya

 

[saadeque]

tutafika tu wakenya wenzangu.sasa ngojeni yale makelele ya ..."tuliwanyang'anya dili la reli".sisi ndio hao kimyakimya tu tunachanja mbuga

 

[nyangau mkenya]

4 billion dollars of infrastructure projects in one swoop

 

[Tabutupu]

sisi watz tuna pesa yetu wenyewe.. ya kujengea reli

 

[Rufiji]

Uchaguzi huu, hakuna chochote hapa !

 

[Edward Wanjala]

sisi watz tuna pesa yetu wenyewe.. ya kujengea reli

Hhahaha! Lovely statement !!!

 

[Edward Wanjala]

Hapa noma sana! Things are pretty nice, at this rate, FDI is going to be triple and the economy is likely to see double digits soon

 

[Mwanzi1]

Its funny, unalalamika trade imbalance btwn Kenya and China is growing in Chinese favour. Huku unachukuwa more loan, tena ni commercial loan, na hakuna mtu yoyote anaweza Ku bid ila ni mchina peke yake.

 

[MK254]

Reli inafika Osumo, dala.....
Yaani hadi raha.

 

[LightYagami]

KENYA HOYEEEEE! this calls for a celebration...ikifika Kisumu atleast we can do the rest to Malaba...

Step at a time, soon all of Kenya itakuwa connected. Travelling will be so sweet

 

[REDEEMER.]

Sasa hao vijana wanaoenda kupata training ya namna ya kuendesha hizo trains watapata wapi trains za kufanana na hizo huko China sababu trains zenu hazipatikani popote duniani anymore may be some 50 years back.

 

[kevochoro]

Kenya is always applying the law of least effort in doing its things,majirani hapa kazi tu.proud to be a kenyan

 

[3rd man]

Uchaguzi huu, hakuna chochote hapa !

pole pole dawa ikuingie vizuri

 

[Bukyanagandi]

Strange!! I thought you aren't donor/aid/mkopo dependent NATION.

 

[Bukyanagandi]

Kenya is always applying the law of least effort in doing its things,majirani hapa kazi tu.proud to be a kenyan

Usidanganye watu, Kenyans are not only primed to apply a law of the junggle they also have an inflated view of their importance in East Africa - One more thing, 4 some strange reasons you seem to have 4gotten how Kenyatta went down on his knees begging Ti Xing Ping kuwajengea reli, kama nyinyi zaidi kwa nini mmeshindwa kujenga reli kwa kutumia coffers zenu - maneno tu na majisifu.

 

[Bukyanagandi]

Sasa hao vijana wanaoenda kupata training ya namna ya kuendesha hizo trains watapata wapi trains za kufanana na hizo huko China sababu trains zenu hazipatikani popote duniani anymore may be some 50 years back.

Mkuu zinazo fanana na hizo zipo Tazara wamezi-park kwenye Workshops wakati mwingine wanazitumia kwenye shunting siyo mainline - ukisoma nameplate za loco za TAZARA nyingi zinaonekana zilihundwa kwenye miaka ya sabini na themanini, tofauti ya loco za Kenya za hizi za TAZARA ni kwenye transmission na HorsePower za Engine - Kenya transmission ni Diesel Electric za TAZARA ni Diesel Hydraulic, ila siku hizi Wachina wamewaletea Tazara locomotive za Diesel Electric zenye design modern kabisa - ukiziangalia kijuu juu unaweza kufikiri zimehundwa Amerika kwenye viwanda vya General Electric - sasa sijui kwa nini Wachina wamewapa Wakenya locomotive za structural design ya miaka sabini na themanini??

 

[saadeque]

Usidanganye watu, Kenyans are not only primed to apply a law of the junggle they also have an inflated view of their importance in East Africa - One more thing, 4 some strange reasons you seem to have 4gotten how Kenyatta went down on his knees begging Ti Xing Ping kuwajengea reli, kama nyinyi zaidi kwa nini mmeshindwa kujenga reli kwa kutumia coffers zenu - maneno tu na majisifu.

mko na wivu wakike sana but tushawazoea....hamtunyimi usingizi.mnaeza ongea kila mtakacho sisi tunachanja mbuga tu.nyinyi jengeni kwa pesa zenu hamjakatazwa,tujenge kwa mkopo,donor/aid,tujenge kwa pesa zetu haijalishi.hujaitwa apa

 

[Bukyanagandi]

mko na wivu wakike sana but tushawazoea....hamtunyimi usingizi.mnaeza ongea kila mtakacho sisi tunachanja mbuga tu.nyinyi jengeni kwa pesa zenu hamjakatazwa,tujenge kwa mkopo,donor/aid,tujenge kwa pesa zetu haijalishi.hujaitwa apa

Mimi nilikuwa natania tu, si rahisi kujenga reli bila mkopo.