Kenya announced a steep increase in passenger fares on its Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway, a 290-mile span of track connecting Nairobi to Mombasa.
Kenya announced Wednesday a sharp increase in passenger fares on the Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway as the country struggles with repaying loans owed to Beijing and others along with higher fuel prices. State-owned Kenya Railways said in a statement that the 290-mile journey between the port city of Mombasa and the capital, Nairobi, will cost around $30 in first class, up from $19, and $10 in economy, up from $6.
The Kenya SGR desperately needs cross-border expansion to make it a financially sustainable project,' economist Aly-Khan Satchu told the Associated Press. 'The SGR, as is, is a dud. To make it sustainable, it needs to connect Uganda’s oil to the sea, and minerals,' Satchu added. Kenya has been struggling with growing public debt which has led Ruto to announce tough austerity measures including restrictions on foreign trips and cutting all government ministry budgets by more than 10%.
But Ruto has faced criticism from Kenyans over his own foreign travels, with 38 trips since his inauguration in September 2022. That's more than any of his four predecessors in their first year in office.
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