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Land owners shut 10 SGR sites as fresh claims of bribery emerge

Rongai Standard Gauge Railways (SGR) Phase two A, station on 23rd August 2018. Locals residents stop the construction of the station because they were not compensated.[Edward Kiplimo,Standard]

Land owners have ganged up to stop construction of at least 10 sites on the Nairobi-Naivasha railway line due to delays in compensation.  

More than 1,000 residents of Kajiado have been directly affected by the project, alongside schools, rivers, the forest and the national park.

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