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State shops for management experts to run new rail system

The Government plans to outsource the management of the planned high-speed Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to an international firm.

The decision, according to Solomon Ouna, project manager in-charge of the SGR Development, is informed by the lack of capacity to run high speed modern system by the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC). The  multi-billion shilling railway line will be operating between Mombasa and Malaba, with a branch line to Kisumu.

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