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[quote user="greyhounds"]I always thought that Chinese Kenya rail project smelled bad. Kenya had an existing rail system that, if properly run and maintained, could meet the needs of that nation. (IMHO) It is a meter gauge system, but look at what they've done with meter gauge in Brazil.[/quote] Hee is a less biased view of the Kenya Railway by Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, in the UK. <a href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/lessons-kenya-s-new-chinese-funded-railway">https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/lessons-kenya-s-new-chinese-funded-railway</a> Sometimes it is less expensive to build new than rebuild and than you better use standards gauge. I think the Chinese step in where the European colonial powers left open spaces. Most of the foreign aid the European Union paid to developing countries in Africa benefit European not local companies. The EU floods these countries with surplus cheap agricultural products like e.g. chicken parts, pigs, milk powder or second hand cloths destroying local industries. No wonder they chose to different countries forinfrastructure projects. A better choice? Only time will tell. Regards, Volker
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