Keep your word on return of port business, Ruto told
Liberian Flagged Cargo ship -Lisa, loads containers for export at the newly constructed Container Terminal 2 at the Port of Mombasa on June 30, 2022. President-elect William Ruto faces a huge political debt burden to Mombasa residents after promising to reverse the legal and administrative directives on the use of the standard gauge railway (SGR).
President-elect will be forced to balance Mombasa's and Naivasha's economic interests.
Kenya Kwanza promised to end compulsory use of the SGR.
During campaigns, Kenya Kwanza promised to return the services to the Coastal town 100 days after taking over.
President-elect William Ruto faces a huge political debt burden to Mombasa residents after promising to reverse the legal and administrative directives on the use of the standard gauge railway (SGR).
Transport and logistics stakeholders are keen to see whether his administration will fulfil the promise to restore port operations in Mombasa, which had largely been transferred to the Nairobi and Naivasha Inland Container Depots (ICDs).
