SGR: Kenyans lose out as local content clause not legally binding
Beehive of activity at the start point of the SGR at the port of Mombasa. FILE PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT |
Kenyans risk losing close to Ksh95 billion ($912.84 million) worth of tenders and contracts in a deal that saw a Chinese firm win a contract to build the Ksh327 billion ($3.14 billion) standard gauge railway (SGR) line between Mombasa and Nairobi.
Purported negligence on the part of the government when signing the construction contract with China Road and Bridge Corporation CRBC) in May, 2014, has left Kenyan workers, suppliers and manufacturers exposed in the guise that their goods and services don’t meet the approved quality threshold.
