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Two charged with vandalising standard gauge railway

Some of the 11 people who were arrested in connection to vandalism of the Standard Gauge Railway at a Mombasa court on June 9, 2017. Two more people have been charged with the same offence. PHOTO | PHILIP MUYANGA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • The number of suspects arrested in connection with the destruction of the new railway line has risen to 13.
  • Athanus Mwanzia Pius and Samuel Kamau Maina who appeared before Mombasa Senior Principal Magistrate Francis Kyambia and denied the charges.

Two more people have been charged with vandalising the standard gauge railway (SGR).

The two were charged with sabotage, destruction of infrastructure and engaging in organised crime.