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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Full railway transport from Mai Mahiu to the Malaba border is expected to kick off by March this year according to the State.<\/p>\n

The train is expected to ease movement and reduce the cost for passengers and cargo.<\/p>\n

Already, the extension of the 24km railway line from Mai Mahiu Industrial Park to Longonot town is 50 percent complete and ahead of the set schedule.<\/p>\n

This emerged when senior officials from Kenya Railways met commissioners from counties where the Western Railway will pass through.<\/p>\n

During the meeting in Lake Naivasha Resort, encroachment and vandalism were identified as major challenges currently facing the multi-million project.<\/p>\n

Despite the challenges, Nakuru County Commissioner Erastus Mbui was optimistic that the set March deadline would be met.<\/p>\n

He noted that the section of the meter-gauge railway line from Nairobi to Naivasha had been working adding that this needed minor rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

In an interview after the workshop, the commissioner noted that rehabilitation works on the railway line were in high gear with the State using KDF and NYS officers for the works.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government is keen on revitalising the railway line which will play a crucial role in ferrying goods and passengers to Western Kenya and neighboring countries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mbui at the same time issued a notice to those who had encroached on the railway land to move out as the government would evict them to pave way for the ongoing works.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe process of recovering the encroached railway line is underway and there are major plans to supply electricity and water to the tens of stations along this route,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Speaking earlier, the CS for Transport James Macharia said that the government had set aside Sh3.4 billion for the upgrading of the railway line.<\/p>\n

Macharia noted that the future of transporting cargo in the region lay in the railway as it was fast, cost-effective, efficient, and safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new railway extension will be used to collect cargo from the Inland Container Depot for further transportation to neighboring countries of Uganda and DRC,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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