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Nairobi-Suswa SGR off to an empty start, passengers decry cost and convenience
By Faizal Ahmed,
1328, October 19, 2019 (EAT)
Two days after President Uhuru Kenyatta launched the inaugural Nairobi-Suswa Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line on Wednesday, train service is off to a...
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President Uhuru Kenyatta to launch Nairobi-Suswa SGR line that Chinese Gov’t stopped funding
By Citizen Reporter,
804, October 16, 2019 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to launch the Nairobi-Suswa train service on Wednesday. He will commission the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Ph...
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SGR employee on the spot over SIM Card traced to Willy Kimani murder scene
By Dzuya Walter,
2046, October 8, 2019 (EAT)
An employee at the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Nairobi terminus was on Tuesday put on the spot as he testified against the five accused persons in ...
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Questions emerge over how Chinese firm won tender for Kenyan oil
By Paul Ombati,
1020, September 19, 2019 (EAT)
On August 1, 2019, Kenya exported its first 200,000 barrels of crude oil at a price of Ksh.1.2 billion ($12million). The sale has however left unan...
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Find out which type of real estate investor you are
By Citizen,
1812, September 11, 2019 (EAT)
By Gitonga Muriithi Real estate is one of the best ways to generate solid cash flow when done correctly. To benefit from the lucrative industry ...
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Zachary Mwangi Kariuki: Conman facing 20 fraud cases, eight arrest warrants
By Hassan Mugambi,
1227, September 2, 2019 (EAT)
Zachary Mwangi Kariuki, a wanted con-artist who was arrested on Friday, is set to be arraigned in a Nairobi court on Monday. Kariuki had been on th...
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Transport CS Macharia defends new SGR cargo directive
By Edwin Obuya,
1836, August 8, 2019 (EAT)
Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia on Thursday defended the government's order that all cargo be ferried from Mombasa to Nairobi through the S...
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Pressure behind Govt’s demand that cargo be ferried via SGR
By Kepha Muiruri,
1501, August 7, 2019 (EAT)
The government's recent directive on compulsory transportation of all import cargo from Mombasa to Nairobi via the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has el...
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Government postpones SGR cargo clearance order
By Benjamin Muriuki,
2208, August 6, 2019 (EAT)
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) have postponed the implementation of a new government order that all cargo be ferrie...
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CS Macharia summoned over demand all cargo be ferried via SGR
By Edwin Obuya,
1848, August 6, 2019 (EAT)
Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia has been summoned to appear before the National Assembly over a new government directive that all cargo be ...
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‘Lord of poverty!’ DP William Ruto tears into Raila Odinga
By Ian Omondi,
1921, July 1, 2019 (EAT)
Deputy President William Ruto on Monday launched another scathing attack on opposition leader Raila Odinga accusing him of propagating poverty in the ...
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Families exhume their dead buried on SGR route
By Zipporah Kariuki,
1431, June 25, 2019 (EAT)
Residents of Mirisho in Kajiado County woke up to a difficult task of exhuming their loved ones who are buried along the marked out Standard Gauge Rai...
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Nkoroi demolitions: Gov’t to begin multi-billion shilling compensation
By Elphas Lagat,
1006, June 18, 2019 (EAT)
The National Land Commission (NLC) says compensation for residents in Nkoroi, Ongata Rongai whose houses were demolished last weekend to pave way for ...
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CS Macharia defends loss making SGR on sentimental value
By Kepha Muiruri,
1545, June 1, 2019 (EAT)
Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia has defended the loss making nature of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project insisting on the initiati...
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Legacy of lunacy haunts old Kenya railway. Will China’s Ksh.364B line be different?
By CNN,
1239, May 21, 2019 (EAT)
In 1903, British colonial administrator Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot made a bold statement: "It is not uncommon for a country to create a rai...
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Raila, CS Macharia now say Kisumu SGR plan still on
By Laura Otieno,
744, May 14, 2019 (EAT)
Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga has rubbished reports that the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project will not reach Kisumu. Speaking ...
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Kenya to upgrade old railway track to Uganda at Ksh.21B
By Reuters,
1219, May 9, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya plans to modernise an old railway track to link a newer line to neighbouring Uganda at a cost of $210 million (Ksh.21.3billion). According to...
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School, hospital to be moved away from SGR at a cost of Ksh.467M
By Citizen Reporter,
1729, May 8, 2019 (EAT)
The government will spend Ksh.467.9 million to move a secondary school and hospital from the vicinity of the Standard Gauge Railway in Kibwezi, Makuen...
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State corporations, other organizations owe Treasury over Ksh.800B
By Dennis Otieno,
1200, May 3, 2019 (EAT)
State corporations and other government agencies owe the national government close to Ksh.800 billion in loans. According to last year’s budget e...
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China coming to terms with risks of lending to Kenya
By Kepha Muiruri,
1043, May 2, 2019 (EAT)
The denial of credit to the extension of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) phase 2B or the lack of discussions to the said credit facility have in the ...
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