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Kenya gets Sh153b loan to extend railway

Construction labourers work at a landscaping section of the Mombasa-Nairobi standard gauge railway (SGR) near Emali in Kenya October 10, 2015. (Photo: Reuters)

The Government has secured Sh153 billion ($1.5 billion) loan from China to extend its railway from Nairobi to Naivasha, State House spokesperson Manoah Esipisu announced Sunday.

The faster railway being built from the Indian Ocean Port of Mombasa is expected to reach Nairobi next year and open up to commercial services in mid-2017.

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