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Press conference: Access to Information Request for SGR & CT2 contracts

19 Dec 2019 Royal Court Hotel, Mombasa 10 am to noon Organized by Okoa Mombasa Join Okoa Mombasa…

Okoa Mombasa files formal request for official government documents related to SGR & CT2

MOMBASA (17 DEC 2019) – Okoa Momabsa has filed an Access to Information request with the Government of…

In Search of Truth – Mombasa Public Forum

4 Dec 2019 Royal Court Hotel, Mombasa 10 am to 1 pm Organized by DeCOALonize & MUHURI Join…

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"According to Okoa Mombasa, a coalition that led the opposition to the proposed (Mama Ngina Park) name, this was a 'gross deletion and obfuscation' of local history, and an attempt to 'inscribe a historical memory alien to the place and local inhabitants'."

The Elephant

(7 Feb 2020)

Interview with Okoa Mombasa member Father Gabriel Dolan

Click the headline to watch Fr. Dolan discuss what ails Mombasa on The Situation Room.

Spice FM

(3 Feb 2020)

Naivasha SGR port lies idle two months after it was launched

"The controversial SGR project has so far cost $5 billion in Chinese loans, with no clarity yet on its viability and Kenya’s ability to repay the massive debt."

Daily Nation

(2 Feb 2020)

Okoa Mombasa, TUM clash over venue heads to court

"Okoa Mombasa claims it lost Sh665, 000, which it used for the preparation of the launch, which never took place after they were barred from the conference facility they had booked."

The Star

(22 Jan 2020)

Media Council demands DPP’s action after police assault 4 journalists

"In the most recent case, Nation Media Group journalist Laban Odhiambo Walloga was assaulted by police in Mombasa on Monday while covering protests against a government directive that all cargo from the port of Mombasa be transported through the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)."

Citizen Digital

(13 Jan 2020)

Groups to sue over non-disclosure of SGR contract, BBI expenditure

"Human rights groups in Mombasa and Nairobi want the government to make public all the information regarding the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) contracts."

The Standard

(21 Dec 2019)

Okoa Mombasa Coalition wants SGR contracts scrutinised

"Muslims for Human Rights, a member of the coalition, said the secrecy in which the SGR deal was done and the determination with which the government wants imported cargo to be transported to the hinterland via the railway raises integrity issues."

The Star

(20 Dec 2019)

Neighbouring countries spared mandatory use of SGR

"The government has assured importers from neighbouring countries that they will not be forced to use the Nairobi-Naivasha Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)."

The Standard

(15 Dec 2019)

Chinese firm withholds key detail in SGR deal review

“The negotiation for a review of the operation and maintenance contract did not progress because the operator refused to provide information that would enable the team to determine reasonable costs of SGR operations,” a highly-placed source said.

Daily Nation

(10 Dec 2019)

Sh10.1bn SGR revenues revealed

"The revenues were not enough to meet the operation costs, which are estimated at Sh1.5 billion a month or Sh18 billion a year. Kenya Railways had budgeted to earn some Sh24 billion from the cargo service in the year to June, falling 65.56 percent below target."

Daily Nation

(7 Dec 2019)

Senators accuse CS Macharia of reneging on cargo SGR transport directive

"The Transport Committee chaired by Kiambu Senator Kimani Wamatangi said all importers should be allowed to have a choice on which mode of transport to use in moving their cargo from the port."

Capital FM

(4 Dec 2019)

Slash cost of moving cargo via SGR, says regulator

"Kenya Railways has recommended reducing standard gauge railway (SGR) cargo train fees amid opposition from importers who say that it is costly to ferry goods on the line compared to road transport ... Cargo charges on SGR from Mombasa to Nairobi were increased by up to 79 percent from January this year in a bid to raise more revenue to pay the Chinese operator."

Business Daily Africa

(4 Dec 2019)

RIP China Colonisation: Traders in weekly protests over orders to use SGR

"According to Manduku who a board member of Kenya Railways, the charges have been put higher in order to recover the Ksh. 66o billion debt owed to China’s Exim Bank. For instance, moving a 40-foot container by SGR costs Ksh. 80,000 which is almost the same as trucks but importers are forced to pay at least Ksh. 40,000 more, for truck transportation and depot fees."

Citizen Digital

(4 Dec 2019)

Kenya forcing importers to use costly new Chinese railway, businessmen say

"Some importers said their transport costs shot up by nearly 50% when they used the rail due to extra fees, more time spent clearing goods at the congested Nairobi train depot and the need to send a truck to collect the goods from there."

Reuters

(3 Dec 2019)

Police break up peaceful protest urging Mombasa economic independence

"Dozens of heavily armed police disrupted a peaceful march that was urging revocation of an SGR transportation order, and reversal of port services to Mombasa. The order and hollowing-out of port services have resulted in thousands of job losses."

Muhuri

(28 Nov 2019)

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