Kenya corruption: Officials arrested over $3b railway

17 Senior Kenyan government officials, business people were arrested Saturday on suspicion of corruption over the building of a $3.2bn Chinese-funded railway line.

17 senior officials, business people responsible for a multi-billion-dollar railway project in Kenya have been arrested for corruption.

The railway, which was funded by China connects the capital Nairobi with the port city of Mombasa.

Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from Nairobi.