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Plan to electrify SGR kicks off

Train makes a stopover at Mtito Andei Terminus on the way to Mombasa. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

The controversial plan by the Government to electrify the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is gathering pace.

The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) has sought environmental approval to start construction of power infrastructure for the line.

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