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Technology offers truckers reprieve with SGR arrival

There are indications the Government may shift transportation of cargo from Mombasa Port to Nairobi strictly through the Standard Gauge Railways as a way of cushioning the multi-billion shilling railway project.

Even though the policy direction, initially pronounced by the Kenya Revenue Authority and the Kenya Ports Authority, has been shelved, for now, truck drivers and owners are opposed to it and are pushing for further dialogue on how best the policy measure can be implemented.

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