In Summary
· For every 7.8 tonnes
of cargo ferried inland by the trains, just 1.01 tonnes is railed back
to the port, scuttling hopes that Kenya would benefit by using the line
to export goods.
· This has fanned fears that the Chinese have turned the railway into a convenient tool to ship in cheap imports.
The
influx of such imports has been flagged for being detrimental to the
country’s industrialisation, with manufacturing being one of President
Uhuru Kenyatta’s legacy projects.
The Standard Gauge Railway has remained largely an import tool used to ferry cargo from the
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