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Three Chinese nationals will be charged by the country’s anticorruption authority for paying a bribe to influence the outcome of fraud investigations, Kenya’s director of public prosecutions said.
The three Chinese men work for the China Roads and Bridge Corp. at the Standard Gauge Railway in the coastal city of Mombasa, Noordin Haji said in a statement.
Haji said the three will be charged with giving a bribe of US$5,000.
Part of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, the majority-Chinese financed Standard Gauge Railway is Kenya’s largest infrastructure project since independence from Britain in 1963.
Critics say the 610km (380-mile) project is overpriced and isn’t value for money.


In total it will cost US$8 billion and critics have made comparisons to the Chinese-financed Ethiopian electric train to Djibouti which is 750km (465 miles) and cost US$3.4 billion.
China’s Belt and Road Initiative is a global endeavour aimed at reconstituting the Silk Road and linking China to all corners of Asia.
The Lunatic Express: how Kenya’s colonial railway compares to new China-built line
According to local media, investigators were looking into allegations that the three Chinese men and four Kenyans were part of a group skimming millions of shillings from the train service’s daily revenue.
The seven men were to be charged in court on Monday with bribery charges, according to the Daily Nation.


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Part of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, the majority-Chinese financed Standard Gauge Railway is Kenya’s largest infrastructure project since independence from Britain in 1963. File photo: Bloomberg

The Lunatic Express: how Kenya’s colonial railway compares to new China-built line

The Victorian-era Nairobi-to-Mombasa line offered a chance to see Kenya at a leisurely, if unreliable, pace

The “lunatic line” heads into Nairobi, Kenya. Picture: AFP

BFN0TB Kenya, Mombasa. Historic Fort Jesus, built by the Portuguese in 1593, is situated at the entrance to the old dhow harbour. [06AUGUST17 FEATURES POST MAGAZINE] CREDIT / ALAMY

Local villagers prepare to board the train, in a village, on the "Lunatic Line", Kenya on December 07, 2016. [06AUGUST17 FEATURES POST MAGAZINE] CREDIT / Thomas Bird

FFE4PR AFRICA: RAILWAY, c1900. /nEast Indian laborers sit on the fender of a locomotive crossing a temporary viaduct on the Uganda Railway, under construction in British East Africa, from Mombasa on the Indian Ocean to the interior of Kenya and Uganda, c1900. [06AUGUST17 FEATURES POST MAGAZINE] CREDIT / ALAMY

BFN0T5 Kenya, Mombasa. The water front of the old dhow harbour in Mombasa with modern high rise buildings in the background. [06AUGUST17 FEATURES POST MAGAZINE] CREDIT / ALAMY

Train seating plan sign for Kenyan Railways, Mombasa, Kenya on December 07, 2016. [06AUG17 FEATURES POST MAGAZINE] CREDIT / Thomas Bird

FF8X3J KENYA-UGANDA RAILWAY, 1901. /nFlorence Preston driving the last peg of the Uganda Railway at Port Florence, Kisumu, in the East Africa Protectorate (present-day Kenya), 1901. [06AUGUST17 FEATURES POST MAGAZINE] CREDIT / ALAMY

A cow eats grass, infant of a tin shed with graffiti "Jesus Arising Ministries" train, in a village, on the "Lunatic Line", Kenya on November 25, 2016. [06AUGUST17 FEATURES POST MAGAZINE] CREDIT / Thomas Bird

Chinese porcelain, donated by various people, is displayed at Fort Jesus' museum, on December 07, 2016. Items include (top L-R) Small Jug Ming style design, blue on white teapot, (lower L-R) Bottle of fine polished earthenware, probably 18th century Portuguese-ware, Glazed earthenware vase, Chinese ginger jar, 18th century Chinese plate, large bowl. [06AUGUST17 FEATURES POST MAGAZINE] CREDIT / Thomas Bird

The station master's office, Nairobi, Kenya on December 08, 2016. [06AUGUST17 FEATURES POST MAGAZINE] CREDIT / Thomas Bird

A cargo train sets off on its inaugural journey from Mombasa to Nairobi on the new Chinese-built line. Picture: AFP

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Chinese men work for the China Roads and Bridge Corp. at the Standard Gauge Railway in the coastal city of Mombasa
Investigators probe if they skimmed money from the train service’s daily revenue


Investigators probe three Chinese men and four Kenyans for allegedly skimming money from the train service’s daily revenue.


Chinese workers on Kenya rail project face bribery charges

Chinese men work for the China Roads and Bridge Corp. at the Standard Gauge Railway in the coastal city of Mombasa Investigators probe if they skimmed money from the train service’s daily revenue

Chinese men work for the China Roads and Bridge Corp. at the Standard Gauge Railway in the coastal city of Mombasa

Investigators probe if they skimmed money from the train service’s daily revenue