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Railway to cost Kenyans Sh120bn more

Parliamentary Public Investment Committee Chairman Adan Keynan (left) and vice chairman Kimani Ichungwah chat with National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich (right) after he appeared before the committee Tuesday. [PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO/STANDARD]

By PAUL WAFULA and MOSES NJAGIH

NAIROBI, KENYA: The cost of constructing the standard gauge railway has now hit Sh447.5 billion after Treasury, for the first time, revealed other costs not known to the public.

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