Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta flags off today trials of the country’s new SGR cargo train from Mombasa port. The train will pull 50 wagons laden with containers bound for the Embakasi Inland Container Depot. According to Kenya Railways managing director Atanas Maina, the train will be for trial purposes, with the service expected to be launched in
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