Kenya: Swelling Public Debt Interfered With SGR Extension to Kisumu, Yatani

28 February 2020

Nairobi — Kenya's swelling public debt was the reason behind the government's decision to stop plans of extending the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to Kisumu.

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani told parliamentarians Thursday that the government was already feeling the heat over its public debt load, hence the decision to instead reactivate the Metre Gauge Railway (MGR) line linking Naivasha to the lakeside city.

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