State falls short of cargo volumes in SGR loan terms

SGR transported 4,411,000 tonnes and 5,407,000 tonnes in 2020 and 2021 respectively. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has fallen short of the minimum freight traffic it was supposed to supply the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in the last two years as part of the loan terms of the $3.6 billion (Sh435 billion) project.

According to a take-or-pay agreement that KPA had with the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC), the SGR was supposed to transport a minimum of six million tonnes and 5,723,333 tonnes of goods in the years 2020 and 2021 respectively.