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Hope renewed as agency vows revived railway use

Laikipia governor Ndiritu Muriithi (right) and his deputy John Mwaniki(Second left), Kieni MP Kanini Kega (left) among the people on board in a train during a trial run for Nanyuki-Nyeri railway line.

A team of technocrats and politicians commuting on a trial run on the Nairobi-Nanyuki railway escaped unhurt when their one coach train hit a car at a non-designated level crossing point.

The group of investors targeted to use train services, including officials from Kenya Railways, Laikipia Governor Ndiritu Muriithi, his deputy John Mwaniki and Kieni MP Kanini Kega, took a short trip from Nanyuki to Chaka.

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