| Updated Wed, July 12th 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3(Photo: Courtesy)The economic benefits of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project are set to soar with the ongoing extension of the project from Nairobi to Naivasha, and eventually to Kisumu and Malaba. Zeroing in on the Kenyan component of the project, the Nairobi-Naivasha phase, especially, holds great socio-economic promise, considering some of the SGR - dependant infrastructure that is being planned for this segment. And as the Mombasa-Nairobi phase of the SGR has shown, the project itself is a major generator of jobs, both during construction and actual operation. ALSO READ: SGR train moves 70,000 but delays inter-countyThese include electricity, sewerage, water and better access roads to act as feeders to the SGR line. The socio-economic prospects become especially salient when one considers the Government’s ongoing plans to position Kisumu into a freight transport hub for East and Central Africa.

Source: Standard Digital July 11, 2017 21:00 UTC