of Kenya's overall foreign debt. As Kenya has become an increasingly crucial part of China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative, a significant portion of these loans are due to Kenya's two flagship infrastructure projects, the Nairobi-Thika Highway Project and the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). The latter has attracted significant concern of "debt-trap diplomacy" and the potential collateralization of Kenya's Mombasa port. Aside from these infrastructural projects, it has also been using Chinese-affiliated loans to develop its educational, construction, healthcare, and agricultural sectors. Nairobi-Thika Highway Project From 2009 to 2013, Kenya borrowed approximately $180 million from the Export-Import Bank of China in order to build the Nairobi Thika Highway Project. Beyond improving mobility for average citizens, it has also efficiently linked much of East Africa to Mombasa, the region's largest port. Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) The 485km railway was initially planned to link Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and South Sudan, and would have significantly expanded Kenya's trading capacities in what both Kenya and China hailed as a "win-win" developmental project. In 2013, President Uhuru Kenyatta stated that "the project will define my legacy as president of Kenya [and] will most definitely transform . . . not only Kenya but the whole eastern African region." Kenya funded 90% of the railway through a $3.6 billion loan from the Export-Import Bank of China, with an interest rate of 3.6% to be paid within 15 years and a grace period of 5 years. However, the railway's construction has encountered several obstacles throughout construction. Michael Kamau, Kenya's Transport Cabinet Secretary, stated that negotiations with the Chinese had disregarded existing Kenyan procurement laws, and some analysts claim that the bidding process was skewed unfairly towards the current operator, the China Road and Bridge Corporation. Local activists brought the case to the High Court in 2014, and although initially dismissed, a Kenyan court of appeal in 2020 ultimately ruled that the procurement process was illegal, albeit with an unclear impact on future construction. In the investigation, it was revealed that using a Chinese operator over local contractors was stipulated in the conditions of the loan. In 2017, the first section of the railway completed construction, but financial difficulties have only intensified. During construction, Kenya paid around $5.6 million per kilometre of track, four times more than their starting estimates. From 2017 to 2018 the railway was running at a loss of $7.35 million per month due