New pipeline, SGR cargo trains leave truckers wallowing

An SGR cargo train leaves the Port of Mombasa in March. The government is keen to increase the number of containers ferried to Nairobi through the new railway line. [File,Standard]

At least 1,300 cargo trucks are to be pushed out of the Mombasa-Nairobi highway and out of business in the coming months.

The trucks will fall victim to the drive by the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to increase its freight services and recent completion of the new Mombasa-Nairobi pipeline.