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SGR Cracks Need to be Sorted Fast

The Standard Gauge Railway is undoubtedly a positive infrastructural project that has a lot of potential for the freight and tourism industry.

However, one gets the feeling that the project was merely meant to offer the government free publicity. This notion is as a result of a number of cracks that have hindered the delivery of services. It is inexplicable that the project had been in the pipeline for over three years but basic services such as online booking are yet to be rolled out, a month after the SGR was launched. 

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