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Let Standard Gauge Railway work stop until proper compensation is done, Joho

Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho addresses residents of Maganda settlement scheme at Jomvu in Mombasa. [Photo: Omondi Onyango/Standard]

Mombasa County leaders now say construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) should be delayed until those affected are adequately compensated.

On Thursday, they asked squatters not to leave the land on an eight-kilometre stretch of the SGR route in Mombasa County until they are compensated.

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