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Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia has confirmed that the completion of the phase 2B of the standard gauge railway from Naivasha to Kisumu is underway, even though the government is rehabilitating the metre gauge line.

He said that that the SGR is a regional project, that Kenya is aligning it to what Uganda is doing, and that much as the completion time has changed, the plans to extend it to Malaba have not changed.

peaking in Beijing, China, Mr Macharia said, “Kenya is the entry gate of the SGR, which runs from Lamu to Mombasa-Naivasha-Kisumu-Lake Victoria to the Atlantic Ocean in West Africa. However, Kenya cannot develop it on its own because it will not be viable due to the fact that 30 percent of cargo from Mombasa is on transit, of which 85 percent goes to Uganda. There is need to harmonize the SGR with what countries in the region are doing.”

He further explained that the phase 2A is almost complete and will be operational as from September 2019...

The Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia has revealed that the plan to construct the Standard Gauge Railway line linking Naivasha port to Kisumu is still on course. The government official told Daily Nation that the time for completing the project has changed but the plan to extend the modern railway line to Malaba has not changed...