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House to investigate SGR transport order

A day after protests rocked Mombasa over an order compelling importers to only use the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to transport goods to Nairobi, Parliament has opened an inquiry into the status of a directive suspending the policy.

Deputy Speaker Moses Cheboi asked the Transport committee to report back to the House on the matter, amid confusion on whether the suspension order by Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia is being implemented.

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