Kenya: Cartels, Interests Almost Killed SGR Project - Official

Cartels and interest groups nearly crippled the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), the Chairman of the Kenya Railway Corporation claimed as the country launched the first train on the new track.

Gen (rtd) Jeremiah Kianga, who has chaired the Corporation since 2011 when the SGR project was in its nascent phase, says he constantly fought with "a diversity of interests" to ensure the project ran its course.

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