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Kenya Ports Authority orders all imported goods to be ferried on SGR

A Cargo train carries wagons with containers headed to Mombasa from Nairobi.

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has directed all importers to use the Standard Gauge Railway, as government fights to make the modern railway viable.

Acting KPA Managing Director Daniel Manduku on Saturday canceled an earlier notice that had allowed importers of nine commodities to use any Container Freight Stations (CFS) of their choice.

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