Old rail jinxes latest bid to revive Nanyuki line

Nairobi-Nanyuki railway

A train ferries petroleum products on the Nairobi-Nanyuki railway near Naromoru town on January 27. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The government’s bet on a century-old technology now risks derailing the revival of railway transport even before it is fully rolled out.

Still very much in its pilot stage, the metre-gauge railway line from Nairobi to Nanyuki has suffered multiple mishaps, casting doubts over its long-term viability.

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