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A Standard gauge railway (SGR) Cargo train loaded with exclusive Maersk containers leaves the port of Mombasa. [Maarufu Mohamed/Standard]
Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia has thrown a spanner in the works, saying that Kenya will not have an electrified rail any time soon.
The CS who was appearing before a parliamentary committee investigating anomalies in the running of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) last week said the rail might be upgraded into an electric line, but not in the near future.
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