The President has directed 40 per cent of supplies of goods and services to the SGR project be outsourced locally. The construction of SGR will not only boost the transport development but also promote integration and industrialisation in East and Central Africa. The President visited section seven 7 of the project at Sultan Hamud, where he was told more than three-quarters of the civil works has been done. The SGR project was set for completion in March 2018, but contractors say with more than 75 per cent of the work on the 235km track on the first phase between Voi and Sultan Hamud complete, they are ahead of schedule. Uhuru said the government is in talks with investors to put up industrial parks along the SGR line to create jobs.

Source: The Star May 30, 2016 03:33 UTC