Uhuru should have consulted Ethiopians. They got a very good deal comparatively.
Another issue is if the railway is meant to connect to Kigali , why not have a deal extending the whole span. ??
construction from opposite directions to shorten the time. Makes sense economically. This thing might stop in Nairobi and end up a white elephant kama gari ya nyayo1.

Should we sit back and fold our arms until the day Kenya is debt free then develop viable infrastructure? If not, suggest where we fund these projects which I don't hear anyone oppose?

As for the agreement itself, 50% (Sh174 billion) of the Sh340 billion financial agreements signed with the Chinese Government on Sunday is a commercial loan attracting an interest rate of 4.4 per cent per annum over a period of 12 years, with five years grace period.

Rest of the financing has a concessional loan element, which carries a fixed interest rate of 2 % per annum over a repayment period of 20 years, with a grace period of seven years.

We are still on the market for the Eurobond issue and going e-procurement and e-payment to cut corruption and waste in government as well as frozen non-urgent and non-important government hiring and salary increase whilst giving KRA higher revenue collection targets.

So much for 'we are our own masters, captains of our own destinies...'
Madeni shungu Mzima

Of all that loan, did I see more than half going into SGR, which has its open controversies.

But we shall shut up and *wear our helmets in preparation for a barrage of attacks and strong defence to those that will benefit from the deal*

In the meantime, somebody pass me a map of the railway line. I need to know where to buy speculative land.

Some may someone explain how Uhuru is expected to fund the infrastructure projects if not through loans. Through Taxing us more? Are we even taxable any more? We are talking of hundreds of billions, who will be giving us that money for free? The truth is for this country to sustain its growth, it needs to generate income. That income can only be generated if the private sector is given an environment to thrive. That can only be done by investing in energy, security, infrastructure. There is no one day when every one in the country shall agree on the exact mode of raising those funds, or where a certain project should be established, thus may those empowered by the constitution to make such decisions do it, albeit transparently. Even the huge Kibaki projects whose impact was felt throughout the economy were all opposed at first. Didnt we even hear that Thika road was meant to benefit his Othaya constituents?

The stations' locations then? Overlays with new road networks?