On Friday, Kenya Railways managing director Atanas Maina said the fares would be adjusted to Sh1,200 from Sh700 after approval by the Transport Ministry, coming to level with bus charges. The buses had earlier decried the rock bottom SGR fares, which they saw as a threat to their businesses. Coast Bus owner and managing director Ajaz Mizra said the move was in the right direction, adding that review of SGR fares was long overdue. He said Kenya Railways should have set the right price from the onset to avoid price disruption, which may send a number of their customers back to buses. President Uhuru Kenyatta in May directed the fares be subsidised at Sh700 for an economy class ticket and Sh3,000 for passengers travelling first-class between Nairobi-Mombasa.

Source: Daily Nation February 04, 2018 18:56 UTC