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Traders praise Ruto order to revert port operations to Coast

Containers at the Mombasa Port. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

Traders have welcomed President William Ruto's pledge to revert key port logistics services to the Mombasa port.

The move is seen as key to reviving the Coast economy and restoring jobs lost when the government issued a directive for cargo from the port to be transported by Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in 2018 to Nairobi and Naivasha dry ports.

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