The Pride of Kenya: China Officially Hands Over The $4B Mombasa-Nairobi Railway to Kenya

[Dungeness]

Two big news of the week: US sold hundred billion dollar worth of weapons to Saudis, and China handed over $4 billion Mombasa-Nairobi Railway to Kenya. Go figure!

 

[thesolar65]

Good work.
what is the percentage of Raw material sourced from within Kenya? I mean sleepers or steel tracks?

 

[rott]

Its the Southern Railway project. The first part is from Matara to Beliatta and it will be further extended to Hamabantota after that, It will most likely be extended even further

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As you see here the South and South East of SL is not connected to the Railway system

I noticed Sri Lanka adopted broad guage. So will this project be built according to your broad guage or standard guage?

 

[Godman]

I noticed Sri Lanka adopted broad guage. So will this project be built according to your broad guage or standard guage?

Broad gauge