Landowners on new SGR route to be paid in a month

Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Liu Xianfa (left) shows routes where the second phase of SGR will pass through. [Willis Awandu/Standard]

Affected land owners on the Nairobi-Naivasha railway line will now be paid within one month following an intervention by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

The Ministry of Lands, National Lands Commission (NLC) and Kenya Railways (KR) have deployed land surveyors and valuers to various sites along the Nairobi – Naivasha SGR (Phase 2A) route to fast track land acquisition and compensation process.