Kenya ends Rift Valley Railways contract

A Rift Valley Railways cargo train passes the standard gauge railway terminus in Mtito Andei, Kenya. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE

The Rift Valley Railways (RVR) is getting out of Kenya with the government set to take over operations of the 100-year meter gauge rail.

In what is an anti-climax of a much hyped privatisation deal gone terribly wrong, RVR will over the next 30 days hand over all concessioned assets to Kenya Railways (KR), ultimately marking the end of its troubled 11 years of operating the Kenya-Uganda railways.