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freiks wrote:jaggernaut wrote:Eti the railway will cost us Ksh 510m per km (or 510,000 per metre) while the world standard is 170m per km. In other words we are paying 3x the usual cost. Let the gravy train start........
rink nation. From the same nation, they have compared what other nations will be spending i.e Uganda and Ethiopia and Kenya is the cheapest ama niko na gugus Jaindi Kisero's article Quote:But according to the government, the first phase of the new line will cost $2.9 million per kilometre.
The plan is to award the project to the state-owned China Roads and Bridges Corporation, who will also supply a total of 56 locomotives.
Ethiopia, which is currently building a railway line between Sabeta and Mieso in the Northern part of the country, is building it’s line at $3.8 million a kilometre.
In Uganda, Gauff Consultants of Germany, who have been retained as consultants for the Malaba-Kampala section of the Standard Gauge Railway, have estimated the cost at $9.3 million per kilometre.
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