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Mombasa lost Sh17.4b since SGR order, study shows

SGR train loaded with containerized cargo leaves the Port of Mombasa in Mombasa County on Friday, March 22, 2019. Most of the imported goods arriving at the port of Mombasa are usually transported by SGR to the Inland Container Depot Nairobi (ICDN) in Nairobi. [Maarufu Mohamed,Standard]

Mombasa’s economy will shrink by 16.1 per cent with 8,111 jobs lost if all cargo is evacuated by the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from the port, a new report shows.

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