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Flooding and landslides in Kenya's coastal region has resulted in delays in delivering cargo to and from the port city of Mombasa, the state-owned rail operator said on Saturday. Heavy rains ...
On 29 April 2024, a blockage in a culvert beneath a railway embankment led to a catastrophic failure and inundation in Kenya, killing at least 50 people. [2] The event was initially described as a 'dam failure'. [3] The flood occurred following heavy rains in the previous month that killed over 110 people.
Importers were forced to transport their cargo via Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) because of a deal signed by its previous government with the Export-Import Bank of China, documents show.
The railway is owned by the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC), a state-owned corporation of Kenya. It contracts the operations and maintenance of the line to the Africa Star Railway Operations Company (Afristar), a subsidiary of the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), and the primary constructor of the line. Afristar was given the legal ...
The Kenya Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is a partially finished railway system connecting Kenya's cities. Once completed, it will link the country to the neighboring country of Uganda , and through Uganda, to South Sudan , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Rwanda , and Burundi .
A Kenya Railways GE U26C type locomotive Like the other members of the East African Community , Kenya uses the narrow gauge track gauge of 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) ( metre gauge ). The mainline of the KR is based on the original Uganda Railway .
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By 2030, the railway line is expected to handle 30 daily trains to Juba and 52 to Addis Ababa. [6] In January 2024, Kenya Railways Corporation estimated that development of the railway projects would cost the government at least Ksh2.4 trillion (US$16 bilion). The link from Lamu to Isiolo will cost Ksh523.05 billion (US$3.49 billion), while the ...