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Ketraco signs Sh24b deal to power electric SGR trains

NAIROBI, KENYA: The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) has entered a deal with China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Company Limited (CET) to electrify the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in two years.

The deal, valued at Shs 24.2 billion, will link the railway line to a power line, which will run along with the rail. The current design of the SGR has an allowance for the construction of a single electric line.

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