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Long on promise, short on delivery: SGR makes little impact on the counties it traverses

Passengers at the Nairobi terminus wait to board the SGR train to Mombasa. PHOTO | NMG

By  Allan Olingo

Nation Media Group

In 1900, when the Kenya-Uganda railway line was built, it brought about growth of urban centers along the route.

In Kenya, townships such as Athi River, Sultan Hamud and Uplands in Limuru mushroomed due to the new development.

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