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China s Belt and Road Initiative: Kenya and a railway to nowhere

Is China s Belt and Road Initiative running out of steam? | South China Morning Post

China s Belt and Road Initiative: Kenya and a railway to nowhere

The first section of Kenya's Chinese-built railway was opened with much fanfare in 2017 - but two years later work on the tracks stopped in the middle of the country and the master plan of linking it to other landlocked countries in East Africa seems to have derailed. This means the project is not bringing as much money as was hoped at this stage, while Kenya is left servicing loans totalling around $4.7bn (£3.9bn), mainly borrowed from Chinese banks. "It's great," 53-year-old commuter Pauline Echesa told me.

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