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New Kenyan Government Releases Controversial Chinese Loan Agreements For Standard Gauge Railway

by Eric Olander
Kipchumba Murkomen is Kenya's Roads, Transport and Public Works Cabinet Secretary.

Kenya’s new Transport Minister Kipchumba Murkomen, rocked the political establishment in Nairobi over the weekend when he released the first details about the controversial multi-billion dollar loan from China to build the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).

Murkomen Tweeted on Sunday that he provided the documents to the majority leaders in both the Senate and the National Assembly, along with providing copies of four China EximBank loan agreements to the media.

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