Kenya Railways Defends Plan to Buy Used Spanish Trains

26 February 2019

Kenya Railways (KR) has defended its decision to import 11 old Spanish trains, saying they're much cheaper and France, a first world country, has bought similar ones.

Through a statement in the local dailies, KR rubbished claims there are vested interests in the deal between the Ministry of Transport and Spain which gave Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca a contract to facilitate the purchase of the trains.

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