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KTDA to use SGR to transport tea, says CS Munya

SGR cargo train

An SGR cargo train passes over the Nairobi National Park on its way to Mombasa on November 6, 2020.
 

Photo credit: Salaton Njau | Nation Media Group

The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) will use trains to transport tea from upcountry to the Mombasa auction as part of ongoing cost-cutting measures.

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary said use of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to transport the key commodity will begin November 1 this year to enable the agency to save money and plough it back into paying small-scale tea farmers who are reeling from losses.