$1.5b Naivasha inland container stays idle a month after launch
Kenya’s Suswa station during the commissioning of SGR Phase 2A. Kenya is hoping to increase the volumes of transit cargo being transported on the SGR. About 30 per cent of all cargo coming through Mombasa Port goes to neighbouring countries. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU | NMG
Kenya’s Naivasha inland container depot (ICD) has not received a cargo train more than a month after President Uhuru Kenyatta launched freight operations to the Rift Valley town, raising queries on the cause of the delay.
On December 17 last year, President Kenyatta launched the extended standard gauge railway (SGR) freight services from Mombasa to the Naivasha ICD, promising faster transportation of cargo to western Kenya and on to neighbouring countries.
