Knowledge and skills transfer: China is still in driving seat of SGR operations

SGR train. Kenya borrowed $3.2 billion for the construction of the Mombasa-Nairobi line. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

The Auditor General in a 2018 report indicated that the government had used the Port of Mombasa as security for the Chinese loan used in the construction of the railway line.

Kenya borrowed $3.2 billion (Sh384 billion at today's exchange rate) for the construction of the Mombasa-Nairobi line and $1.5 billion (Sh180 billion) for the Nairobi-Naivasha phase.