It’s political season and yet again, the mainstream media is performing miserably in fact-checking politicians. The biggest topic has been the SGR railway, and despite having tens of archive videos and news articles, the likes of
Nation and
Standard have refused to confirm political statements.
Last few weeks, the opposition has moved from criticizing the new railway to saying that the cost was inflated. All Nasa principals including the flag bearer Raila Odinga, and even other top leaders like Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho, have commented on the same.
Last week, Raila revealed that
“He will jail those who inflated the cost of the SGR project once he gets to power.”
He said the project envisioned by the Grand Coalition government was supposed to cost Sh227 billion but was inflated to Sh327 billion by the Jubilee administration.
“We know the people responsible and it is not the Chinese,” he told a press conference at Orange House.
Today we examine whether there are any facts to the claims that Sh100 billion was stolen.
Was the initial project of the Mombasa-Nairobi SGR Sh227?
Fact Check: Was Sh100 Billion Really Stolen in the SGR Project?
