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Railway plan presents major economic headache for Jubilee as leaders disagree

By OSCAR OBONYO | Feb. 2, 2014
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga opens the Makadara Railway Station in Nairobi, last year December. [PHOTO: FILE]
            Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga opens the Makadara Railway Station in Nairobi, last year December. [PHOTO: FILE]

By OSCAR OBONYO

Retired presidents Daniel arap Moi and Mwai Kibaki battled with the Goldenberg and Anglo Leasing scandals during their separate reigns. The Standard Gauge Railway project is fast shaping up as a major economic headache for President Uhuru Kenyatta’s nine-month old government.

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