SGR allocated Sh4.8bn ahead of takeover by Kenya Railways

SGR cargo train.

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The National Treasury has proposed a Sh4.8 billion budget for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) ahead of full takeover of the operations and extension of the trains to the border town of Malaba.

Budget documents tabled in Parliament show an initial allocation of Sh2.31 billion to set up an overhaul workshop for the SGR and a further Sh2.2 billion to buy wheelsets for the locomotives.

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