{"id":142221,"date":"2026-03-19T13:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/142221\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:19:16","slug":"kenya-revives-railway-expansion-with-new-funding-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/142221\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Revives Railway Expansion with New Funding Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Kenya has resumed its multibillion-dollar railway extension, which was put on hold for six years due to funding issues with China. The project will now be financed through revenue securitisation and carried out by a Chinese contractor, signifying a shift in Kenya-China infrastructure project funding.<\/p>\n<p>The railway initially connected Mombasa and Nairobi, with the project halting short of the Ugandan border when China reduced funding under its Belt and Road Initiative. Critics labeled it a &#8216;railway to nowhere,&#8217; but Kenya&#8217;s President Ruto confirmed strategic plans were in place.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst claims of China&#8217;s &#8216;debt trap diplomacy,&#8217; Kenya and Beijing recently renegotiated loan terms for earlier phases. Kenya is implementing a levy on existing cargo lines to generate funds, as China and Africa now seek investment-based infrastructure models to tackle debt concerns.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>(With inputs from agencies.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Kenya has resumed its multibillion-dollar railway extension, which was put on hold for six years due to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[31],"tags":[26880,8606,76336,76340,76338,80,76339,76335,40588,76337],"class_list":["post-142221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya","tag-african-infrastructure","tag-belt-and-road-initiative","tag-china-funding","tag-debt-trap-diplomacy","tag-infrastructure-project","tag-kenya","tag-mombasa-nairobi-railway","tag-railway-extension","tag-regional-connectivity","tag-revenue-securitisation"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116256044749787711","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}