The government through the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure plans to extend the Standard Gauge Railway SGR from Naivasha to Malaba and beyond.
While launching the Kenya Railway strategic plan 2023-27 Murkomen said the plan is to enhance the competitiveness of the Northern transport corridor.
"The government is committed to extending the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Naivasha to Malaba and beyond to enhance the competitiveness of the Northern transport corridor," Murkomen said
The CS said the ministry will collaborate with various interstate ministerial Committees on the SGR Cluster to explore viable financial options.
"This collaboration will ensure that SGR extends from Malaba through Kasese in Uganda and finally Kisangani, DRC, as a way of boosting regional trade," CS said.
"I was delighted to launch the Kenya Railways Strategic Plan 2023-2027, in Mombasa this morning. This comprehensive plan will steer the implementation of key priority initiatives in the rail transport sector over the next five years."
Earlier this month Kenya hosted a joint meeting on SGR at Mombasa attended by representatives from Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC and South Sudan the agenda was to find ways to extend SGR beyond Naivasha to promote regional trade.
"As a country when we talk about expending infrastructure we must not think about ourselves we must look at the competition every day and for the competitiveness of the Northern corridor we must complete SGR from Naivasha to Malaba," Murkomen said.
