Kenya forcing importers to use costly new Chinese-built railway

December 03, 2019 - Nairobi, Kenya, Africa - Kenya's new Chinese-built railway should have been a boon for business. The $3.3 billion line sliced hours off the journey from the port city of Mombasa to the capital, Nairobi. But some importers said their transport costs shot up by nearly 50% when they moved goods by rail. Port authorities are making them do it anyway.