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Nanyuki-Nairobi railway to transport oil to region, says Muriithi

Traders at Chaka Market in Nyeri selling their wares on the abandoned Karatina-Nanyuki meter-gauge railway. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Nairobi-Nanyuki meter-gauge railway will mainly be transporting oil and petroleum product once its revival completes, Laikipia Governor Ndiritu Muriithi has said.

He said there are two fuel depots in the region and the railway's revival would greatly help in supplying fuel to the central and northern region at low cost.

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