Fresh row over SGR compensation package for victims in Mombasa

Fishermen and women during a meeting with Kenya Railways MD Atanas Maina and Mombasa Lands Executive Anthony Njaramba on Saturday. [Photo: KELVIN KARANI/STANDARD]

MOMBASA: A fresh dispute has erupted between the county government and Kenya Railways (KR) over compensation of 1,700 fishermen and women. The fishing fraternity is set to be affected by the construction of the standard gauge railway (SGR).

The county claimed the State had slashed the amount initially budgeted to compensate the fishermen.