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SGR extension to Malaba a game-changer for Kenya's growth

President Ruto and President Yoweri Museveni during the launch of the Kisumu-Malaba SGR railway extension. [Michael Mute, Standard]

In 2022, when President William Ruto promised that the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) would not end “in the middle of nowhere,” he was responding to a concern many Kenyans shared: infrastructure must connect to opportunities.

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