Residents of Nyamira county are crying foul after it emerged the Sh500 billion Naivasha-Kisumu Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) will not have a station in the region. Although billed as a route that covers Narok, Bomet, Nyamira, Kericho and Kisumu counties, it has now emerged that the railway does not enter inside Nyamira but passes through its periphery off Ikonge town. By skipping Nyamira, residents are not only crying over the loss of the business that comes with a train station but also over compensation for property owners whose land will be acquired along the route. Leaders from Gusiiland, especially those affiliated to the ruling UDA, had expressed confidence that the SGR will have at least one passenger station in Ikonge. “Mwanyagetinge don’t worry, SGR will have a station at Ikonge in Nyamira county,” UDA National Treasurer, who is also Kitutu Chache North MP Japhet Nyakundi, wrote on Facebook on Thursday.

Source: The Star March 22, 2026 14:58 UTC