More protests erupt against order to move cargo on SGR

Protestors march against the Government’s directive to have all containers ferried to Nairobi’s Inland Container Deport moved through the Standard Gauge Railway. [Gideon Maundu, Standard]

Fresh protests against a government directive to importers to move all containers headed to Nairobi by the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) rocked Mombasa yesterday.

A number of MPs, activists and truck drivers said they would hold protests every Monday until the directive was rescinded.