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Mega railway project back on track

Changamwe MP Omar Mwinyi (left) looks on as Mombasa County Governor Hassan Ali Joho (right) signs a joint agreement jointly with the chairman of the National land Commission (NLC) Dr. Mohammed Swazuri (centre) over the compensation of squatters at Skembo, Hodi B and Maganda settlement scheme to pave way for the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line after addressing journalists at the Tamarind Village, July 06, 2015. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

Mombasa leaders and the National Land Commission (NLC) yesterday reached a tentative deal likely to end a protracted land compensation dispute that was threatening to stall the construction of a section of the Standard Gauge Railway project.

The deal will see the resumption of the project that was halted last month after county leaders led by Governor Hassan Ali Joho asked squatters not to leave the land on an eight-kilometre stretch until they get compensation.

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