Kenya Railways Corporation officially broke ground on the long-awaited Naivasha-Kisumu-Malaba Standard Gauge Railway extension on July 1, 2026 in Narok County, with a second ceremony held at Kibos in Kisumu County the following day. The Ksh700 billion project, awarded to Chinese state-linked firms CCCC and CRBC, will extend Kenya’s SGR network 371 kilometres westward to the Ugandan border at Malaba.
Groundbreaking Signals Formal Construction Start
The project is structured in two phases: Phase 2B covering the 264-kilometre Naivasha-Kisumu segment plus an 8.9-kilometre branch line to Kisumu Port, and Phase 2C adding the 107-kilometre Kisumu-Malaba extension. Ahead of construction, the National Land Commission had been engaging affected landowners in Kisumu with a public sensitisation meeting on June 24, 2026.
What Comes Next
The focus shifts to construction momentum and the land compensation process. Kenya Railways Corporation has not publicly committed to a specific completion date, though the project suggests a construction window extending into the early 2030s.
0 comments