Railway breathes fresh business into struggling towns in Kenya

Construction materials of the Standard Gauge Railway at Emali in Makueni County. Emali town hosts one of SGR’s two pre-stressed concrete sleeper factories that also manufactures rail line T-bolts. [PHOTO: BEVERLYNE MUSILI/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has given much needed fillip to business in townships located along the Nairobi-Mombasa Road. This is evidenced by amplified vibrancy resulting from augmented money flow in the recent past.

Emali Township, for instance, today hosts one of SGR’s two pre-stressed concrete sleeper factories that also manufactures rail line T-bolts. The other one is in Metito Andei.