Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga has announced he will be part of a Kenyan delegation that will travel to China next week to seek funds for Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) extension to Kisumu.
The entourage to Beijing will be led by President Kenyatta and other top government officials.
The team will be seeking to secure a Sh368 billion loan for the construction of phase 2b of the SGR line between Naivasha and Kisumu.
"I will be part of the delegation that will accompany the President to the Asian country next week. The new SGR line will extend from Naivasha to Narok, Bomet, Sondu and finally Kisumu," Raila has said when addressing a rally at Sondu market in Kisumu on Saturday.
The delegation will also include officials drawn from Treasury, Kenya Railways Corporation, the Transport Ministry and the State Law Office.
Odinga, who now serves as the African Union's High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa, says the SGR will have a huge economic impact on the lakeside city.
"We are going to establish a special economic zone in Kisumu and make the city the hub of East Africa," says Odinga.
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This duo should exit the Kenyan political landscape asap. Let's kick both out come 2022...they absolutely have no more ideas of how to take this country to the next level. Same with Arap Ruto, wote watimuliwe mBio ifikapo 2022 tuwapatie wazalendo Dr Matiang'i na Prof Kivutha Kibwana nafasi wailekeze nchi mbele
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Someone should tell Uhuru and Raila that Kenyans are not going to pay for their 'Adventure' into China. We refuse to be Colonized by China, or by two people who cannot acknowledge reality.
Go go go mr president n make sure u bring back more cash we build our country tutalipa baadaye.Many complained when kibaki did thika superhighway today they r praising him juu ya benefits imeleta those sides.Also sgr many bizness have opened along the line n many continues to b opened even small towns land is witnessed along the line n this is how the country expands n bring development??But it's sad when i see many commenting negative yet they don't leave or pay taxes in kenya but they now how to vomit venom all the time.From usa,uk,canada,australia,singapore,malaysia,japan they continue to borrow heavily from china,world bank to develop its country m it's big shame this r the countries we want to die leaving or sending our kids to college or urniversity.Kwani huwa tunafikiria wanatumia matako yao to develop??They borrow to develop??Pia many have borrowed banks paying morgage azalea 20/30 years juu u cannot afford that cash hoping with time u will find work n repay yr loans??So uhuru bravo
SGR phase I is ab abject failure and can't pay for itself but the ignorant and arrogant boy in statehouse wants to borrow more money to extend it. His family has a myriad of companies but has nver been allowed by his mother to be CEO of any but he is President borrowing money left right and center for overpriced projects that fail.
Chinese and their low quality projects are ruining Kenya. We do not need to be colonized again. They also seem to be settling in Kenya in big droves why . It is time Kenyans learnt from South Africa these foreigners come to promote and better their lives and do not care about Kenya. Chinese are busy smuggling rhino horns and have been associated with poaching. When is enough enough. Did they stop caning grown men all in the name of discipline.We are being humiliated all in the name of fake development .