Ensure SGR, Industrial Park in Naivasha uplift living standards

On Tuesday, President Uhuru Kenyatta will unveil the freight service from Nairobi to Naivasha, with the inland container depot (ICD) having been completed and ready for use. This is great, but the government should do more. It should demonstrate to the public that the depot will ultimately result into improved standards of living for Kenyans.

It is encouraging that the government has assured importers from neighbouring countries that they will not force them on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Nairobi to Naivasha. Such a directive had truck drivers protesting in the streets.