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China winning at Monopoly
Author: Wei in debt
Date: 08-08-2022 - 07:18

Sad story. Kenya now in debt to China. No benefits of this train. Ordinary citizens have to pay for it. Corruption. The old railway built by British colonials was probably good enough.

Interesting how one man saw the corruption and challenged it.

Quote:
The project’s only known feasibility study was done by the Chinese contractor — not the government — which presented a conflict of interest, said Okiya Omtatah, a prominent lawyer who challenged the project in court.

He said he was invited to a Nairobi hotel to meet with several Kenyan senators and Chinese managers who asked him to withdraw the case in return for a $300,000 payout. When he declined, one of the senators offered up to $1 million, he said. He was told that if he refused, they could pay off a judge to decide the case in their favor.

“You keep your money and I will keep my country,” Mr. Omtatah recalled telling them as he left the room.

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