From the day the Mombasa-Nairobi railway construction began, everyone knew it was a race against time to lay the rails, build the stations, build bridges, fence the track, construct drainage systems and all. So from the day the Mombasa-Nairobi railway construction began, everyone knew it was a race against time to lay the rails, build the stations, build bridges, fence the track, construct drainage systems and all. Mr Macharia said that by next Monday most of the works will be complete. Myself and other cabinet secretaries will be going from Mombasa to Nairobi to make sure that nothing should go wrong; that it is seamless on May 31,” Mr Macharia said. According to Mr Macharia, the Nairobi-Naivasha part will be more challenging because of the difficulty posed by the Great Rift Valley.

Source: Daily Nation May 06, 2017 22:28 UTC