Electric SGR in Kenya is 'a pipe dream'

[John Ashworth]

Why electric Standard Gauge Railway is a pipe dream

“The power supply that we have in this country is not guaranteed. There are frequent power outages that could derail the running of the trains. We need at least 80 per cent guaranteed supply to even think of upgrading SGR to an electric rail... Also, we neither have the finance nor the capacity to support such kind of expensive and sophisticated infrastructure”