Private firm set to take over lucrative Kenyan SGR cargo terminal

[John Ashworth]

Joho firm set to take over lucrative cargo terminal deal

A private logistics company linked to the family of Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho is poised to finally take over a cargo terminal in Nairobi built by public funds in a controversial deal that once again puts the spotlight on the operations of the multi-billion-shillings Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).

Mombasa-based Autoport Freight Terminals Ltd has for months been piling pressure on Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) to give it exclusive use of the Nairobi Freight Terminals (NFT), near the SGR terminal in Syokimau, locking out other players who use the new railway cargo services from the site...