Hail the Chinese Railway

A Chinese civil engineer on a feasibility study at Mr. Kituku Thyaka’s farm in Kinyambu, Kibwezi, 285 Km Southeast of Nairobi. The Standard Gauge Railway corridor snakes through Mr. Thyaka’s farm. Photo: Pius Maundu

Kinyambu residents whose  farms are earmarked for the Standard Gauge Railway project corridor bemoan of being sidelined.

When the Chinese engineers passed through their farms, they say, they trampled upon their maize, kunde, and beans recklessly, destroying them in their wake.

"Upon inquiring, an Administration Police officer told me that I am only going to till this land for one more season," offered Mr. Kituku Thyaka, an octogenarian.

"They are not telling us where we shall go after that."

In addition, the residents are in the dark on the prospects of compensation.

Both the county administration and the local political leaders are mum on the same.