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Multi-million industrial park to 'rebuild' Mombasa County economy

Country Director Trademark East Africa, Ahmed Farah [left] and Mombasa County Chief Officer Finance and economic Planning, Asha Abdi exchanging documents(Photo Omondi Onyango/Standard)

Mombasa residents are counting on a new multi-million industrial park to fill in the gap created by a directive to have port-bound cargo moved by Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) freight service.

The directive is reported to have knocked down several job opportunities with those in the road transport worst hit.

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