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Why Uhuru’s second SGR train fails basic commuter logic
By Kepha Muiruri, 1532, October 16, 2019 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta boarded the inaugural Nairobi-Suswa train on Wednesday, pushing the ignition on what seems to be the start of unfathomable co...

SGR , Suswa , Uhuru kenyatta
President Uhuru Kenyatta to launch Nairobi-Suswa SGR line that Chinese Gov’t stopped funding
By Citizen Reporter, 804, October 16, 2019 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to launch the Nairobi-Suswa train service on Wednesday. He will commission the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Ph...

SGR Phase 2A , suswa train
Pressure behind Govt’s demand that cargo be ferried via SGR
By Kepha Muiruri, 1501, August 7, 2019 (EAT)
The government's recent directive on compulsory transportation of all import cargo from Mombasa to Nairobi via the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has el...

KPA , KRA , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure , SGR
Legacy of lunacy haunts old Kenya railway. Will China’s Ksh.364B line be different?
By CNN, 1239, May 21, 2019 (EAT)
In 1903, British colonial administrator Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot made a bold statement: "It is not uncommon for a country to create a rai...

SGR
Raila, CS Macharia now say Kisumu SGR plan still on
By Laura Otieno, 744, May 14, 2019 (EAT)
Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga has rubbished reports that the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project will not reach Kisumu. Speaking ...

China loan , raila , SGR
Kenya to upgrade old railway track to Uganda at Ksh.21B
By Reuters, 1219, May 9, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya plans to modernise an old railway track to link a newer line to neighbouring Uganda at a cost of $210 million (Ksh.21.3billion). According to...

Kenya Railway , SGR
China coming to terms with risks of lending to Kenya
By Kepha Muiruri, 1043, May 2, 2019 (EAT)
The denial of credit to the extension of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) phase 2B or the lack of discussions to the said credit facility have in the ...

china , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure , National Treasury , Public debt , SGR
Uhuru signs Ksh.67 billion loan with china for project delivery
By PSCU, 1208, April 27, 2019 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday witnessed the signing of two project delivery agreements amounting to Ksh.67 billion through a concessional financi...

china , Konza Data Center , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)
SGR construction to end in Naivasha as China loan bid flops
By Citizen Reporter, 1209, April 27, 2019 (EAT)
The Government has made a surprise admission that the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) will actually end in Naivasha from where the old railway will conti...

raila , SGR naivasha , Uhuru
Emgwen MP proposes cap to public debt at Ksh.6. trillion
By Kepha Muiruri, 1143, April 26, 2019 (EAT)
Emgwen Member of Parliament Alexander Kosgey has made his submission of the proposed raise to the public debt threshold to an absolute Ksh.6 trillion ...

Alexander Kosgey , National Treasury , PFM Act , Public debt
KBC, airports risk auction if Kenyan Gov’t fails to pay Ksh.5.6 trillion debt
By Stephen Letoo, 2119, April 25, 2019 (EAT)
Listed public institutions such as State Broadcaster KBC now risk auction should the Kenyan government fail to meet its ballooning debt obligation. ...

Alex Kosgey. , debt , parliament , President Uhuru Kenyatta , raila odinga , SGR
Uhuru meets Chinese President Jinping for bilateral talks
By Citizen Reporter, 1333, April 25, 2019 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday led their respective delegations in bilateral talks at the Great Hall of t...

IEA , kenya debt burden , SGR
Raila Odinga leaves Kenya for China trip
By Ian Omondi, 1851, April 23, 2019 (EAT)
African union envoy Raila Odinga on Tuesday evening left the country for China to attend the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation....

A.U High Representative , china , raila odinga
Raila’s backyard reaps Ksh.10B projects one year after Uhuru handshake
By Stephen Letoo, 851, April 23, 2019 (EAT)
The handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM Leader Raila Odinga has seen the Nyanza region get an estimated Ksh.10billion for development p...

hyacinth , SGR , Uhuru Raila handshake
Raila and Uhuru set for China visit to seek Ksh.368B SGR loan
By Allan Obiero, 1934, April 20, 2019 (EAT)
African Union envoy Raila Odinga will accompany President Uhuru Kenyatta to China next week to seek funds for the extension of the Standard Gauge Rail...

china loans , SGR
State of the Nation Address: President Uhuru Kenyatta’s full speech
By Benjamin Muriuki, 1902, April 4, 2019 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thurday said the State of the Nation is "strong, vibrant and beaming with promise." Here is his full speech during this...

State of the nation address
Chicken, eggs, sugar & now land in Naivasha: Kenya woos Uganda
By Winnie Musyoki, 1316, March 29, 2019 (EAT)
The newfound love between Kenya and Uganda has not gone unnoticed but instead raised queries from different quarters over the struggling agricultural ...

Museveni , uganda
Kenya to allocate Uganda land in Naivasha
By Gloria Magudha, 1251, March 28, 2019 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has said Uganda will be allocated land in Naivasha to build a dry port for its cargo to ease the cost of transporting goods b...

kenya , President Uhuru Kenyatta , SGR , uganda , yoweri museveni
EACC stops SGR compensation of Ksh.787 million to land owner
By Sam Ogina, 2105, February 7, 2019 (EAT)
The Ethics And Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has blocked the National Lands Commission (NLC) from paying out Ksh.787 million in compensation for t...

corruption , EACC , Kenya Railways Corporation , SGR compensation
SGR land compensation to be stopped – DPP
By Stephen Letoo, 2112, January 29, 2019 (EAT)
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) will from Wednesday, January 30 begin scrutinizing the Standard Gauge Railway project from Nairobi to...

DPP , Nairobi-Naivasha SGR , NLC , SGR cost