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It will cost you nearly half of what you pay to travel by bus from Nairobi to Mombasa in economy class on the new Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) for the first six months. This is as the Government prepares to release fares next week ahead of official launch on May 31.
Although the Government is tight lipped on the matter as consultants hired last month finalise the details, Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia has said the first six months would be used to gauge demand of the new line. “I don’t want to put the cart before the horse because there is a team working on this and we will make an announcement next week,” he told Weekend Business.
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