Train cargo drops as RVR concession fee row escalates

Locomotive engines at an RVR yard in Mombasa in September 2014. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Volumes of cargo hauled by train dipped by 9.3 per cent last year, offering a glimpse into the deepening trouble between Kenya and the concessionaire of the Mombasa-Kampala line.

The Economic Survey 2017 shows rail freight traffic decreased from 1,575,000 tonnes in 2015 to 1,429,000 tonnes last year, sparking the feud between the Kenya Railways Corporation and the Rift Valley Railways (RVR).

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