After reading the paper the mpigs said that they want to get rid of kerosene since there is adultaration or something . Jeez .what weed are these people smoking . What alternative have they offered for people to use alternative ways of cooking or lighting ? Then punish them with tax hike ? We will keep losing our national influence on the EAC if not careful.

Well if you want the poor to stop using kerosene then ban it and make it be like ivory not punishing them with an excuse that there is adulteration? Its not our fault that the oil dealers are ripping us off.this just an excuse for raising money from the majority who are poor .this ain't feeling right

Kenya is about to get a ‘‘third-rate railway for the cost of a very expensive one,’’ according to a report in the Economist magazine on the new Nairobi to Mombasa rail line.
Questions also remain, according to the London-based magazine, on how the railway will be paid for and who exactly is going to run it.

The new track is costing Kenya about $4 billion (Sh404 billion), mostly funded by a loan from the Chinese ExIm bank, and construction is due to be completed next year.

But the report says that “although only a year remains before completion, not only are tariffs and rates undecided, but it is not even clear who will run the railway.

Kenyan officials have apparently taken to skipping trade conferences of late to avoid answering questions.

“Could this be because the new railway is a dud investment? Its fastest trains will do a fairly mediocre 80kph. Much as with the old railway, parts of the new line will be single-track, forcing trains to stop, often for hours, to let others pass. Most absurdly, it is built to a lower standard of load-bearing than most other new freight railways.”

The Economist also quotes consultants, including Pierre Pozzo di Borgo of the International Finance Corporation wing of the World Bank, who says that rehabilitating the older line might have cost just five per cent as much as building a new one.

Transport experts have also questioned whether it will be possible to load four full containers onto each wagon, as is done on other new lines.

The magazine notes that “repaying the loans taken out to build the line will require hefty fees or huge volumes of traffic.”

It notes however that truckers—who now handle more than 95 per cent of the freight moved from Mombasa port—“will compete fiercely on price, and shipping companies may look for other ports if levies rise.”

Problem of having consultancy,feasibility studies,design,implementation and operation by the Chinese.It's never for our benefit but for their own agenda.
No wonder Uganda has refused to sign the SGR agreement with EXIM bank of China.

the mess by jubilee will be felt in the next 5-10 yrs but tribalists will still succeed to drag their pple to the grave in the name of our tribes.if violence happens the repayment of this loans will see kenya a failed nation.

This country will miss the visionary leadership of one Stanley Emilio Mwai Kibaki.
These clowns have taken kenya to the path of economic downturn.
Even if tribalist look for their own to be the president give us a wise and visionary person.

I agree with you SGR is for the benefit for the chinese agenda which is really opening up eastern DRC. If you look at the presentation done to Uhuru last month. The line will snake its way through uganda all the way to Katanga province in Eastern DRC and will eventually join with the 1344 km line china is building from the Lobito port in Angola. If that happens you have an inland corridor joining the Atlantic and Indian ocean and SA's durban will be the loser. of course kenya benefits from the chinese maritime silk road strategy. Get with the program