Leaders call for compensation, community sensitisation as SGR to Kisumu looms

Standard Gauge Railway staff at the Nairobi terminus on August 2, 2021.  [File, Standard]

Compensation talks dominated the first consequential engagement between local leaders, the National Land Commission, and Kenya Railways on the extension of the Naivasha to Kisumu to Malaba Standard Gauge Railway.

Leaders who attended the engagement asked NLC and Kenya Railways to engage the community and sensitise them about the project.