Passengers board Madaraka Express train at its Nairobi terminus on June 7, 2017. [PHOTO/nation.co.ke]
Kenya Railways has now postponed launching the Madaraka Express inter-county train services that was set for Saturday.
In a statement made on Friday evening, KR Managing Director Atanas Maina said a late arrival of some of the operator’s key staff was the reason for the delay.
“This has in turn delayed critical technical and operational processes that should have been completed by now in order to enable the service commence on July 1, 2017.
“We had anticipated that critical technical and operational handover processes would have been completed by now,” he said.
Maina said China Road and Bridge Corporation employees, key to the operations, had just arrived in Kenya and needed time to “go through the handover process.”
“We expect to conclude the handover processes in the coming weeks and launch the Inter-County train service soon,” he said.