Will Kenya get value for money from its new railway?

Kenya’s largest infrastructural project, post-independence (1963), has been completed. The 472km railway, built to modern “standard gauge” requirements, ended up costing four times the original estimate. As the BBC notes, even original costings were three times the international average and the economic viability of the line had been objected to by government advisors from Canadian Pacific Consulting Services. But transport minister James Macharia said he expected the new line to boost GDP by 1.5%. And it seems the country is ...