Interesting take.

Just one thing. Infrastructure projects are not really supposed to break even. This is not a Profit and Loss situation. The ramifications of great infrastructure supersede the profit motive. 

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On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 11:20 AM S.M. Muraya via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Interesting documentary here..
Why The US Has No High-Speed Rail - https://youtu.be/Qaf6baEu0_w

Even with digital transformations, the USA is still creating (service industry jobs) which require movement of people + cargo, not just movement of money (online banking services).

MAYBE, the KE SGR will break even in 30 years (serving over 90 Mln Kenyans) if Kenyan SMEs are empowered to create more jobs all over Kenya. 
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