Nairobi; Kenya: Kenya has maintained that the target completion date for the proposed Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is March 2018, despite delays occasioned by noises surrounding the procurement of a Chinese contractor.
China Road & Bridges Construction is undertaking the multi-billion development that will see a standard gauge rail development from Mombasa to Nairobi in the first phase covering 472 kilometres and then to Malaba in the second phase and thereafter connect to Uganda and Rwanda. At the end, 609 kilometres of rail will be put up.