State sets stage for Sh380 billion extension of railway to Kisumu

Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) workers go about their duty along Mombasa-Nairobi. (Photo: Denish Ochieng'/Standard)

The Government is to start on-ground preparations for the construction of the 257-km Standard Gauge Railway between Naivasha and Kisumu.

The section is projected to cost Sh380 billion ($3.66 billion). The proposed phase 2B of the project will pass through the counties of Narok, Bomet, Kericho and terminate in Kisumu, where a Sh14.3 billion port will be put up, according to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report on the project.