Construction of SGR from Naivasha to Malaba via Kisumu to cost Ksh. 648 billion.
Distance 475km.
Cost is approximately 1.36 billion Kshs per kilometer. (US$10m per km)
Quick comparison to our neighbours.
Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway. The electrified railway of 759 kilometres (472 mi) length was considered to cost around US$3.5b (US$4m per km of railway). A later survey revealed that the actual costs were around US$5.2m per km of railway.
In Tanzania, the 541-km stretch of the modern standard gauge railway running between Dar es Salaam and Dodoma, was built at a cost of $3.1 billion. Cost per kilometer is approximately USD 5.73 million.