Morning Thoughts From Irungu Nyakera
The Chairman of Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) Hon. Wilson Irungu Nyakera is a great Kenyan.
He serves with diligence, zeal and a great degree of commitment and keen to deliver on results.
He on this Monday morning shares with us his thoughts:
“As the PS who oversaw funding, construction and operationalization of the SGR, I propose the government to do the following:
1. Push more cargo from roads to SGR by lowering cost of rail. Social benefits will include less road accidents and reduced road maintenance;
2. Don’t spend more money expanding Mombasa road till capacity of SGR is utilized;
3. Allow investors to run multiple passenger SGR trains as the stations can accommodate 8 to 16 exchanges/ trains. This will allow more passenger traffic on rail;
4. Allow investors to run wagons on existing SGR cargo heads as cost of investment will come down while attractive pricing will reduce road transport for cargo;
5. End the current Chinese operation contract and bring in a competitively sourced operator for the trains.
Implementing the above will make securing funding for Naivasha to Kisumu easy.”
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