How battle for bribes is hurting Uhuru's dream project

The stalled SGR phase 2 project at Kimuka area in Ngong, Kajiado County on 25th October 2018. It's believed that the project might not hit its deadline as per the directive by President Uhuru Kenyatta following a deadlock between the National Land Commission and Kajiado County land owners whose land has been acquired for construction of (SGR) project. [File, Standard]

A supremacy battle at the National Land Commission (NLC) could be costing the taxpayer over Sh2 million every day and is staining President Uhuru Kenyatta’s legacy project.

A contractor says Sh64 million is lost monthly due to suspension of works on a stretch of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) due hostilities from land owners who have protested delayed compensation.