Railway revival starts

Youth hired by Kenya Railways Corporation work to clear bushes along the railway line at Nanyuki terminus. [Jacinta Mutura, Standard]

Rehabilitation of the 240-kilometer old meter-gauge railway from Nairobi to Nanyuki has started, in a move expected to ease the cost of transport of goods in Mt. Kenya region and lead to the revival of the now nearly dead former ‘Railway Towns’ in the region.

Kenya Railways Corporate Affairs Manager Margaret Kawira confirmed the works have started. “We are securing and clearing the corridor in preparation for the works,” she said.