Raila Odinga breaks silence on SGR as State woos China

ODM leader Raila Odinga (second right) with Cabinet Secretaries (from left) Peter Munya (Trade), James Macharia (Transport) and John Munyes (Petroleum and Mining) at the Kisumu oil jetty during a tour of various projects in the county yesterday. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

The Government has not abandoned Standard Gauge Railway extension to Kisumu but will complete it at a cost set by the Chinese financier.

African Union envoy for infrastructure Raila Odinga with Cabinet Secretaries James Macharia (Transport), Peter Munya (Trade) and John Munyes (Petroleum) yesterday confirmed that the Sh380 billion project was still on course.