President Ruto Meets Chinese Contractor Ahead of Key SGR Extension Launches

NAIROBI,Kenya Mar 19-President William Ruto on Wednesday held high-level talks with Song Hailiang at State House, Nairobi, ahead of the highly anticipated launch of new sections of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). The meeting comes on the eve of the commissioning of the Naivasha–Narok–Kisumu segment, scheduled for Thursday, and the planned launch of the final […]


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