President William Ruto's administration has successfully defended a Ksh260 billion case instituted by Rift Valley Railway at the London Court of International Arbitration.
The court case began in 2020, when the railway company filed a petition against the Kenyan and Ugandan governments over allegations of premature termination of a railway construction and maintenance contract.
The two countries had entered an interface agreement for the construction and management of a railway line that was scheduled to run between the countries for freight and passenger transportation.
However, in 2017, Uganda and Kenya terminated Rift Valley Railways' 25-year contract due to the company's failure to meet set operating targets, including payment of concession fees.
