President Uhuru Kenyatta and Chinese counterpart. Photo/PSCU
The Chinese government has come out to defend the Jubilee government against accusations of over-borrowing to set up projects like the standard gauge railway.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Ming, has said that the construction was an investment that would bring rewards to Kenya in the long run.
The official is in the country for the launch of SGR.
“When a debt is put in the right project, it is not a burden,” Mr Zhang said in a statement.
“The investment will give the money back since SGR is the largest infrastructural project in Kenya and it will lead to economic growth of the whole region, which means that the debt will be paid.”
The Chinese provided 90 per cent of the Sh327 billion spent to build the 472km line between Mombasa and Nairobi.