Why Kenya SGR can't wipe trucks off of the roads

[John Ashworth]

Why SGR can't wipe trucks off of the roads

Kenya Railways says has been transporting only 30 per cent of the total cargo from Mombasa port on the standard gauge railway.

Seventy per cent of the cargo from the port has been going by road, says Kenya Railways, which is in charge of hauling cargo from Mombasa via the SGR.

Yet for weeks, truckers, freight container staff and others have been demonstrating, claiming that they are losing business due to an SGR-only government directive...

[John Ashworth]

MPs summon Macharia over order on SGR cargo

Transport Secretary James Macharia has been ordered to appear before the Senate within 14 days to explain why the Government is forcing importers to use the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to move all cargo to destinations in Nairobi and beyond...