SGR train. Photo/the-star.co.ke

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President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to launch the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line on May 31.

The ceremony will be attended by senior officials from the Chinese Government.

According to State House Spokesperson Manoah Esipisu, the Asian country  will be sending a delegation including two ministers and a vice-minister for the launch.

“China who provided the funds through loans that the SGR was built will be sending a senior delegation of the State Council at that launch,” Esipisu said Sunday during his weekly press briefing at the State House.

“We do expect that the President will officiate at events of the container terminal on May 30 before embarking on a train ride the following day,” he added.

During the launch, the President will also make a number of stopovers to commission newly built terminus before concluding his trip aboard the SGR train in Nairobi.