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Kenya's new millionaires in Sh8 billion railway cash payout

Construction of the first Standard Gauge Railway camp site at Ngwasheni in Mariakani. (PHOTO: Omondi Onyango)

Kenya’s newest millionaires will start emerging today as the Government begins compensating landowners on the route of the multibillion shilling Standard Gauge Railway.

The National Land Commission (NLC) announced on Saturday it would begin paying those whose land was acquired to make way for the railway, with at least Sh8 billion set aside for the bonanza.

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