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Railway to cost Kenyans Sh120bn more

By PAUL WAFULA and MOSES NJAGIH | Jan. 22, 2014

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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