Lafarge, ARM Cry Foul as China Road Imports Cement to Kenya
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Kenyan cement producers say they are being left out of a $3.8-billion railway project that China Road & Bridge Corp. is building, after the company gave an assurance it would source all of the material domestically.
Companies including Lafarge SA’s Kenyan unit and ARM Cement Ltd. asked Kenya Railways Corp., the implementing agency, to provide clarity on CRBC’s local procurement plans, five months after work on the project started, according to ARM Chief Executive Officer Pradeep Paunrana. Kenya Ports Authority data show CRBC imported at least 7,000 metric tons of the building material so far this year.