KRC to offer hourly rides as six more Nairobi trains arrive
Wednesday May 26 2021
Hostesses wait to usher in commuters to the newly commissioned diesel trains at the Nairobi Central Railway Station on November 10, 2020. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG
By BONFACE OTIENO
Summary
Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) chairman Omudho Awitta said the six trains that arrived in the country last week will see the corporation increase its frequencies.
The first five batch of Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) that were launched last year have been operating on routes such as Syokimau –Nairobi and Embakasi –Nairobi.
Commuters in Nairobi will get hourly rides on the diesel-propelled trains after Kenya received the second batch from Spain in a Sh1.1 billion plan to decongest road traffic.
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Chinese-built port in Kenya s Lamu to spur regional trade: officials
Xinhua
19 May 2021, 02:44 GMT+10
NAIROBI, May 18 (Xinhua) Kenya s Lamu seaport built by a Chinese firm that is set to be launched on Thursday will pave way for seamless movement of goods in the greater Horn of Africa region, officials said Tuesday. The first phase of the Lamu port project consisting of three berths, constructed by the China Communications Construction Company, is located in the coastal county of Lamu in northeast Kenya. Rashid Salim, acting managing director of Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), said the ultra-modern port that is part of Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor is ready for major shipping operations.
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NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya is not at risk of losing Mombasa Port any soon over debt, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yattani said on Monday.
He was reacting to an article in the local daily which reported that China could seize Mombasa port over Sh364 billion Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) loan.
In reference to a report tabled in parliament by the Auditor General, the writer wrote that the assets of the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) were used as collateral for the multi-billion loan.
While refuting the claims on Monday, CS Ukur Yattani said there is no risk of China or any other country taking over the port of Mombasa.