Embakasi Peacock to resume operations after over a month off the rails

Morning train that was heading to pick passengers at Embakasi terminals derail near Taj Mall in the wake of slippery and muddy grounds. (Jenipher Wachie, Standard)

Judith Nekesa rested her elbows on a concrete pillar and propped her chin on her hands as she watched the entrance of the Nairobi Railway Station, where dozens of train attendants beckoned passengers for tickets.

But for the 28-year-old supermarket attendant in the city, it was another sad day when she would have to walk to the central business district to catch a matatu to her rented house in Pipeline, Embakasi.