Standard gauge railway route was diverted to benefit Kenyatta family, says Raila

NASA Presidential candidate Raila Odinga addressing residents of Naivasha during a rally in Kamere estate in Naivasha. He questioned the rationale to divert the SGR to Naivasha saying that the first family was the largest beneficiary in the project. Photo by Antony Gitonga

NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga now claims the ongoing standard gauge railway (SGR) was diverted to Naivasha to benefit the First Family.

Raila said that the dry port and the line through which the SGR would pass was land owned by President Uhuru and his family.