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Why Kenya may have got short end of the stick in SGR locomotives deal

Members of the public mill around some of the six Standard Guage Railway (SGR) locomotive engines delivered at the Mombasa Port last week. More engines are due for delivery next month. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

Last week’s arrival of the first batch of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) locomotives has done little to quell public debate on whether Kenya really got value for money.

The jury is also still out on the number of hours it will take to shuttle between Nairobi and Mombasa, with opinion divided on the maximum speed of both the passenger and freight trains.

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