Let me get this right.
a) They said they are building with their own tax payer money, only for their government to rush for a commercial loan from standard chartered bank of $1.4 billion.
b) The first phase was to start working by november last year only to discover that the project (200km) is at 72% completion and they needed the loan to finish the first phase and to start on the second phase.
c) Their suppliers are being auctioned due to financial distress which might push the deadline further.
d) They have spent $1.2 billion(partially debt and tax payer money) and borrowed another 1.4 billion for two phases which will cover 500 km. That makes a total of $2.6 billion, used on a class 2 railway without land compensation or legal cases while kenya spent $3.0 billion to make the first phase (485 km) of a class 1 railway, with world standard train stations, a lot of court battles with environmentalists and conservationists and billions in land compensation. Which one sounds cheaper?
Conclusion: They do not think, they do things out of envy and jealousy without forethought (Impulsive). This will definitely become another version of the ethiopian sgr.