News China Road and Bridge starts first major Kenyan stadium for 37 years China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) has begun work on a 60,000-seat stadium in Nairobi, Kenyan broadcaster NYT reports. The Talanta Sports City will be one of the main venues…
News Kenya to request $1bn Chinese loan to finish stalled road projects President Ruto of Kenya is to use his visit to Beijing later this month to ask China for a $1bn loan to restart work on stalled road projects. He will…
News Kenya, Ethiopia agree to start $13.8bn railway in 2025 Kenya has signed an agreement with Ethiopia to build a 3,000km standard gauge railway network between its newly completed Lamu Port and Addis Ababa, the East Africannews site reports. Work…
News Uganda, Kenya hope to raise $6bn to restart Mombasa railway Uganda and Kenya are seeking at least $6bn to restart work on the standard gauge railway (SGR) to connect central Africa to the port of Mombasa. China financed the first…
News Kenyan MP proposes bill to limit foreign contractors In a bid to boost domestic businesses, a Kenyan lawmaker will submit a bill to Parliament that would prevent foreign contractors from bidding for state-funded construction contracts valued below 20…
News Developer sets record with 10 houses printed in Kenya A joint venture of cement giant Holcim and British International Investment, called 14Trees, has printed 10 houses for sale in Kenya.
News Kenya invests $3bn in irrigation to stave off famine Kenya’s government plans to invest more than $3bn in irrigation works over the next four years in an effort to deal with the region’s calamitous drought, news site Afrik21 reports. …
News Kenya picks possible sites for first nuclear power station After lengthy prefeasibility studies, the Kenya’s nuclear power authority has picked two possible sites for the country’s first commercial reactors, newspaper The Star reports.