The Chinese Province: Why Kenya Needs to Be Very Careful

For instance, China’s loans to Kenya between 2014 and 2018 tripled to 398.32 billion shillings from 222.27 billion shillings in December 2014 accounting for 99.57 billion shillings a year during the period.

In December 2018, Kenya’s total bilateral debt for the year was 878.45 billion shillings. China accounted for 70.71 percent of the debt meaning for every 100 shillings Kenya borrowed, 70 shillings came from China.

In paying the loans, in 2028, China accounted for every 23 shillings of every 100 shillings the country owed foreign creditors.

Interesting to note is that the agreements signed by the government of Kenya and the Chinese government have remained top secret. President Uhuru Kenyatta promised to make the contract public but went mute ever since.

Word has it that the Port of Mombasa was offered as collateral in the event that Kenya failed or delayed to repay the first loan that was taken from Exim Bank of China for the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Mombasa to Nairobi.

China seems to be on a mission to colonize most African countries by heaping debts on them that will span for centuries before being fully paid.

Already the Chinese language has been rolled out in schools in Uganda as part of a requirement for Uganda to receive a loan from China.

Kenya already has thousands of Chinese nationals, both documented and undocumented. Some carrying out the most best business like selling secondhand clothes at Gikomba.

If Kenya will not be careful, Kenya will be part of the Chinese Province.