Friends of the Rail Forum

In the new operating system, cargo is sent all the way to Nairobi and then back to Mombasa at the cost of the trader or importer – using the SGR...

Lawmakers are probing the government's directive that traders with a KRA PIN registered in Nairobi should clear their Standard Gauge Railway cargo at the Nairobi ICD. Importers and traders with KRA PIN registered in Nairobi have been compelled to collect their goods from Nairobi ICD, whether they need them in Mombasa or elsewhere...

The Court of Appeal has suspended the execution of orders quashing directives issued by the government requiring that all cargo imported through the port of Mombasa be transported to Nairobi and the hinterland exclusively through the standard gauge railway (SGR)...

A lawmaker wants National Treasury boss Ukur Yatani directed to respond to concerns that traders with PINs registered outside Mombasa are being compelled to haul their goods by the Standard Gauge Railway for clearance in Nairobi...