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Contractors work on the Metre Gauge Railway that is being repaired by the Kenya Railway Corporation in Chaka, Nyeri. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]
The recent refurbishment of sections of the Metre Gauge Railway (MGR) line is expected to play a significant function in sustaining businesses in the counties it serves as well as creating the requisite cargo volumes to improve the performance of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and cement its viability. The exercise has excited the business and agricultural fraternities along these corridors that had hitherto to rely on expensive road transport to move their products to markets.
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