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Kenya Railways says second-hand trains bought from Spain are operational

Madaraka Express

Passengers wait to board the Madaraka Express train to Mombasa on July 22, 2018, at the Kibwezi station, Makueni County. Kenya is set to acquire new high-capacity diesel-electric multiple units

Photo credit: Wachira Mwangi | Nation Media Group
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By  John Mutua

Business Reporter

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • KRC, in a statement responding to a report published in the Sunday Nation’s Weekly Review magazine, says that the units are operational but some of the Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) have been occasionally disconnected for routine maintenance. 

Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) has said that all the 11 second-hand locomotives that it acquired from a Spanish firm three years ago are operational.

KRC, in a statement responding to a report published in the Sunday Nation’s Weekly Review magazine, says that the units are operational but some of the Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) have been occasionally disconnected for routine maintenance. 

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