EDITORIAL: Compulsory use of SGR will only hurt consumers
KRA Commissioner General with Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia at off-loading of the first transshipment cargo load at Naivasha ICD. PHOTO | NMG
Kenya should reconsider its directive requiring shippers along the northern corridor to use the Standard Gauge Railway. The directive, effective June 1, makes it compulsory for importers to move all hinterland-bound transit cargo on the SGR from Mombasa to the Naivasha inland port.
The decision is meant to implement a resolution from a May 12 meeting between the presidents of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and South Sudan.
