China-built SGR back on track in supporting Kenya’s economic development

Passenger services on the three-year-old Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), also known as Madaraka Express, resumed on Monday after a two-month suspension owing to the potentially deadly effects of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Like other crucial sectors, commercial transport by various means has lost billions of shillings as a result of containment measures by the Government aimed at avoiding a surge of infections due to crowding.

But the resumption of services comes with strict operation protocols given by both the ministries of Transport and Health, which includes observing high levels of hygiene, observance of social distancing and temperature checks before passengers are allowed to board the train.