Kenya's Big SGR Dream Begins to Fizzle Out as Losses Mount

[John Ashworth]

Kenya: The Big SGR Dream Begins to Fizzle Out As Losses Mount

It was billed as the saviour of the choking Mombasa port traffic.

Eighteen months down the line, with a string of lost business and livelihoods, the standard gauge railway (SGR) cargo haulage continues to traverse the over 400-kilometre Nairobi-Mombasa stretch with each trip raking up losses.

It's the same sad story for the passenger service which was to complement cargo haulage and charm the electorate...