What is government not telling us about the SGR? A Standard Gauge Railway train with containerised cargo leaves the Mombasa port for Nairobi in March this year. On Wednesday, Transport CS James Macharia said during an interview on KTN News that it would be impossible to have a profitable SGR without freight services. Although questions have been asked about the viability of the Sh327 billion project, the government insists that the SGR is profitable. “If government is convinced that the SGR is profitable, why can’t they put the figures on the table?

Source: Standard Digital October 18, 2019 12:33 UTC