Kenya Faces Losing Key Port to China Over Railway Loan

The Kenyan government may lose not only some key assets but also have its full sovereign rights undermined if it defaults on repaying a loan it owes to China’s Export and Import Bank (Exim).
Kenya Faces Losing Key Port to China Over Railway Loan
A front view of the Mombasa SGR Terminus on Jan. 16, 2018. Dominic Kirui/Special to The Epoch Times
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MOMBASA, Kenya—The Kenyan government may lose not only some key assets but also have its sovereign rights undermined if it defaults on repaying a loan it owes to China’s Export and Import Bank (Exim).

Details have emerged in recent weeks that show Kenya’s assets would serve as collateral and would be seized by Beijing upon failure to repay the loan.