![]() The men wear a dark blue uniform, with ties in three colors, red, black and green, the colors of Kenya’s national flag. The women’s uniform is in three colors, yellow, red and black, complete with golden silk scarves. If you travel on the SGR, you will find that all the conductors are local employees. After returning to Kenya, they practiced driving the actual train repeatedly before they were awarded the professional certificates to become the SGR’s helmswomen. ![]() After 50 days of lectures and simulation training, they became familiar with the structure of the locomotive and its working principle, as well as the standard procedures of driving, repair and maintenance. With six others, she was sent to China for the training. In 2017, she passed the examination to become an SGR train driver. “We thank China for helping us build the SGR and write a new page in Kenya’s history.”Īlice has learned Chinese at the Confucius Institute at Kenyatta University. “On the day the SGR opened, President Kenyatta praised us as the ‘pride of the nation’,” Alice recalled with happiness and pride. Alice has become a household name in Kenya. She was also the driver of the first train that President Kenyatta travelled on. She is Kenya’s first female train driver. The Mombasa-Nairobi Railway has changed the life trajectory of ordinary people like Alice. “We are going to open a new chapter.” Later that evening and early next morning, Kenyatta made five tweets on Twitter, saying how happy he was with the experience on the new railway. “After 122 years, Kenyans have got their new railway at last,” President Kenyatta said, watching the crowds who were all dressed up and singing and dancing. President Kenyatta and his entourage were on board when the first passenger train made its maiden trip, welcomed by tens of thousands of local people. On May 31, 2017, the long-awaited Mombasa-Nairobi Railway was finally ready for commercial operation. Stations with distinctive features on the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway He attended the launch of the project and showed his strong support by making quarterly inspections of the different sections of the railway and dealing with problems at on-site meetings with the heads of different departments. President Uhuru Kenyatta attaches great importance to the new railway. It was a century-old dream of Kenyans to have a new railway. When the roads were jammed due to excessive traffic, there was delay in transporting the cargo to or from the port and it would come to a standstill, which hampered the development of Mombasa and Kenya at large. With the limited capacity of the narrow-gauge railway, most of the cargo had to be transported by road. Most of the cargo in and out of East Africa is handled at this port. The largest port in eastern Africa, Mombasa has 17 international routes and does business with 80 ports around the world. The narrow-gauge railway was not able to meet the growth demands of the Port of Mombasa, either. There were also accidents such as derailments and collision with animals. Besides, the operation was unstable and the railway would be frequently out of service for several days at a time. Due to disrepair and aging equipment, its average speed was only 22 kilometers per hour and it took 21 hours to complete the whole journey. Mombasa and Nairobi were connected by a narrow-gauge railway (with a 1-meter track gauge) built in 1896. On Tuesday, July 25, JSC appointed Otieno as the new registrar, but her name was not among the shortlisted candidates in a Monday, May 22 statement by the commission.The first train begins its journey on the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway. “The petitioners are reasonably aggrieved with the appointment (of Otieno), as it wouldn’t be expected that a person who had never been shortlisted would be the successful candidate,” the three lawyers state in court papers.Īccording to the lawyers, Otieno was handpicked in an opaque process. They explained this was because she was not among the persons shortlisted by JSC for interviews during the recruitment process. Lawyers Omwanza Ombati, Robinson Kigen and Brian Ochieng’ Saka, in their petition filed at the High Court, argued that the appointment of Otieno was irregular and unlawful. People DailyĪccording to the daily, three lawyers moved to court to quash the Judicial Service Commission's (JSC) decision to appoint magistrate Clarence Awuor Otieno as the new Registrar of the High Court Gachagua and Nakhumicha are among a growing list of Kenya Kwanza leaders who are acting beyond their powers, begging the question of whether their actions are by design or just being rogue 4. Uasin Gishu: Family of Kenyan Man Who Died in Vietnam Accident Appeals Help to Bring Body Home
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