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SGR to accelerate county-based growth for Kenyans

An engineer keeps an eye to make sure the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) locomotive lands well on the railway as it was being off-loaded from MV Kota Bistari soon after the ship docked at the port of Mombasa, January 09, 2017. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

A lot has been said about the proposed route of the recently launched SGR Phase 2A. Conservationists have been on a lobbying verve about the route because it will pass over the Nairobi National Park.

On the other hand, economists have viewed the route as the most viable, citing cost and the expected economic impact as it traverses the Western side of the Rift Valley all the way to Lake Victoria.

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