The National Land Commission has said the compensation of landowners affected by the second phase of the Standard Gauge Railway from Nairobi to Naivasha will be faster and cheaper.

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The commission’s Chairman Muhammad Swazuri  said compensation will take less time and cost less since most landowners have title deeds and they are known.

“We cannot at this point tell how much land will be acquired, but since the industrial park will take 30,000 acres, the land to be acquired will be over 40,000 acres,” he said.

The first phase from Mombasa to Nairobi, which is 472 kilometres, was riddled with claims of double compensations.

However, the compensation cost from Nairobi to Naivasha is expected to be lower.