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SGR spells doom for Nairobi National Park

By Akshay Vishwanath | Dec. 14, 2016

Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) pillars along Mombasa-Nairobi at Tsavo National Park in Taita Taveta County. PHOTO: FILE

In a shocking turn of events in August 2016, the Ministry of Transport revealed that the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) would build Phase 2A of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) through the Nairobi National Park (NNP).

At a press conference in September 2016, this decision was defended on claims it was inevitable due to economic and logistical considerations. The contradiction could not have been more glaring. In April 2016, the Transport Principal Secretary had announced plans to pass through the park had been dropped.

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