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The Chinese will continue to work at the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) until 2027, by which time Kenyan workers should take over, according to the government.
James Macharia, Minister of Transport, said the number of Chinese workers would decrease annually. The Ministry of Transport also defended the cost of 1.7 billion shillings a month from the line and badured Kenyans that it would repay its loan by 2020.
] The SC also rejected allegations of racism and discrimination against Kenyans working in the RMS, promising to report to Parliament.
"If this investment is not a success, I wonder what will ever be" Commission on Transport.
"We launched this service 30 months ahead of schedule.We will do a total of 16 trains on the runway by the end of the 2017/18 fiscal year, and we expect this to be will reach 28 by the end of June of next year, "said Mr. Macharia, quoted by Nation
. A paper that he presented to the committee chaired by MP for Pokot South David Pkosing, the CS has supported the controversial rule gagging personal SGR to comment on the issues on the line on social media.
On racism, Macharia said that there were no separate tables apart for Chinese and Kenyans, a "failure in terms of cultural integration" was to blame.
He noted that all workers share the same menu.
On the cost of running the project, the CS made a breakdown the committee that will present SGR will reach the breakeven point by June 2019.
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