Kenya's Big SGR Dream Begins to Fizzle Out as Losses Mount
Posted: 01 Jun 2019, 08:09
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...