High speed rail system will raise Kenya’s GDP by 1.5 percent, says President Uhuru Kenyatta

President Uhuru Kenyatta with transport CS Michael Kamau at Mtito Andei where construction of the Standard Gauge Railway starts. (Photo:PSCU)

Makueni, Kenya: The modern high speed rail system under construction will raise Kenya’s GDP by 1.5 percent once it becomes operational, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said.

The President said the economic benefits of the high speed trains will be massive and the immediate effects will include decongestion of the port of Mombasa that will lead to higher volumes of national and regional trade.