Tanzania, Dec. 6 -- Dar es Salaam. The $55.6 million Tanzania has paid to buy 49 Standard Gauge Railway passenger wagons has come under scrutiny.

Dr. Hamisi Kigwangalla, a member of parliament who also served as Tanzania's Minister of Tourism and Natural Resources, has spoken out over what he believes to be the overpricing of the SGR electric trains secured by the Tanzanian government through the Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC).

The electric train wagons arrived in Dar es Salaam, and the public got a clear view of the $55.6 million (Sh130 billion) wagons that will traverse the expansive SGR track.

However, Dr. Kigwangalla says that the quality of the trains doesn't match the price Tanzania paid. He made a comparison with what Kenya ...