Kajiado Governor David Nkedianye has ordered standard gauge railway contractors to remove all Makueni signs in Emali and Sultan Hamud towns.
He questioned the motives of the China Road and Bridge Corporation and Kenya Railways Corporation in putting Emali and Sultan Hamud substations in Makueni county.
The two towns are in Kajiado, the governor said.
KRC project engineer Maxwell Mengich and CRBC liaison officer Joseph Gitau promised to remove the signs.
Nkedianye gave contractors three days to pull down the signs and replace them with Kajiado markers.
Otherwise, he said he would take action but did not elaborate.
On Wednesday, the two contractors’ officials accompanied top Kajiado leaders to inspect the SGR project from Kapiti through Konza, Sultan Hamud, Emali and Masimba.
In Konza, Nkedianye said all underpasses should be expanded to allow farmers to access their farms divided by the railway.
He said they agreed that the Isinya-Konza road underpass should be expanded to accommodate heavy trucks.
The road connects Isinya subcounty headquarters and the ICT city in Konza.
Gitau said schools on will be compensated for their land taken by the railway.
Farmers in Kapiti say the railway has cut off their water sources and asked for compensation.
Resident Amos Sayiore said the line cuts through his land and separates his homestead from a borehole he had constructed for Sh3 million.
He asked the KRC to compensate him and Mengich said compensation is being worked on.
Masimba leaders asked engineers to expand and increase the number of underpasses to allow free movement of livestock and wildlife.
Nkedianye supported them, saying if the underpasses are too few, migration of wildlife will be hampered and human-wildlife conflicts will increase.
He asked the contractor to employ Kajiado residents.
“Please employ our youth in areas that do not require skilled labourers instead of bringing people from other counties,” he said.
