The Standard published on 7 April 2024 an article titled "Manufacturers Shun Railway over Cost, Flexibility Concerns" by Brian Ngugi.
A study by the Kenya Association of Manufacturers found that trucking is still the preferred way to move cargo following completion of the Chinese-built standard gauge railway (SGR) from the port of Mombasa to Naivasha. Trucking is less costly, more flexible, and avoids other limitations of the SGR, which does not have last mile connectivity. Nor has the railway project identified a source of funding to extend the SGR to the Ugandan border and eventually Kampala.
