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Fear over loss of jobs as SGR takes on cargo

President Uhuru Kenyatta (holding Kenyan flag), flags off the first ever Standard Guage Railway (SGR) cargo train loaded with 99 containers at the port of Mombasa, May 30, 2017. [GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

 

On Monday, the first Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) freight hurtled its way from Mombasa with hundreds of containers and in its midst stoking fears among freight business agents.

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