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Delays expected on SGR after Sh44b cut in funding

The Jubilee administration’s biggest project, the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), will not be completed on time. This became apparent after funding was slashed by Sh43.5 billion in the current budget.

Initial plans were to construct 270 kilometres of the project by June next year, but the new projections reduce the distance by a quarter.

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