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Localisation of Kenya SGR operations on course

Posted: 22 Aug 2019, 08:23
by John Ashworth
Excerpts from an article in yesterday's Daily Nation (Wednesday 21 August 2019), p13

Localisation of SGR operations on course
Number of Kenyans occupying positions at AFRISTAR growing...

Africa Star Railway Operation Company (AFRISTAR)... is the company that operates and maintains the SGR between Mombasa and Nairobi...

The passenger fleet is at 98 percent Kenyan staffed...

Many Kenyans have gained skills that have enabled them to operate and maintain rolling stock, locomotives, dispatch, track, communications and signalling systems, freight and passenger services...

Currently, up to 246 Kenyans work in management positions...