MPs set five teams to probe SGR prejudice claim

The Standard Gauge Railway station in Athi River. Transport CS James Macharia has been summoned by five parliamentary committees over alleged mistreatment of Kenyan workers. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Five National Assembly and Senate committees have summoned Transport CS James Macharia over alleged discrimination of Kenyan employees at a company building the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).

Macharia who has been invited alongside the management of Kenya Railways, is also expected to explain SGR's impact on the environment, especially in wild animal sanctuaries.