Statehouse: Uhuru didn’t ask for SGR extension funds from China

Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya) and Xi Jinping (China). [Photo: Courtesy]

Statehouse has denied media reports that President Uhuru Kenyatta failed to secure Sh365b loan for the extension of Standard Gauge Railway from Naivasha to Kisumu during his recent visit to China saying it was not part of the agenda.

Chief of Staff Nzioka Waita said in a statement, “It is important to note that the question of funding for the extension of the Standard Guage Railway from Naivasha to Kisumu was not on the agenda of the meeting between the two President’s.”