Politics of double-speak or leap of pragmatism?

President Uhuru Kenyatta inspected the Naivasha Inland Container Depot (ICD) when he made an impromptu tour of the site in Longonot, Nakuru County. [File, Standard]

Deputy President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga, and their allies at the Coast have heightened political rhetoric about the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) as the August 9 election campaigns heat up.

Transport analysts say it was becoming tough for the two campaigns and their supporters to balance between political rhetoric and the economic reality of the SGR, which is one of the State’s Vision 2030 flagship projects.