{"id":574,"date":"2026-10-10T08:17:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T08:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/?p=574"},"modified":"2026-10-10T08:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T08:23:53","slug":"govt-announces-ksh-25b-compensation-plan-for-naivasha-kisumu-malaba-sgr-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/?p=574","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t announces Ksh.25B compensation plan for Naivasha-Kisumu-Malaba SGR project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"981\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f069f6ac-aee3-40e6-856c-95a9a91922b8_Naivasha-Kisumu-Malaba-Standard-Gauge-Railway-og_image.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f069f6ac-aee3-40e6-856c-95a9a91922b8_Naivasha-Kisumu-Malaba-Standard-Gauge-Railway-og_image.webp 981w, https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f069f6ac-aee3-40e6-856c-95a9a91922b8_Naivasha-Kisumu-Malaba-Standard-Gauge-Railway-og_image-300x193.webp 300w, https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f069f6ac-aee3-40e6-856c-95a9a91922b8_Naivasha-Kisumu-Malaba-Standard-Gauge-Railway-og_image-768x493.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government has set aside Ksh.25 billion to compensate landowners affected by the construction of the Narok-Bomet-Kisumu section of the Naivasha-Kisumu-Malaba Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project.Kenya Railways Corporation Managing Director Philip Mainga said the National Land Commission (NLC) is conducting public participation ahead of the compensation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mainga said Kenya Railways had also secured early access to some sections of land as negotiations and valuation with affected landowners continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government has set aside Ksh.25 billion to compensate landowners affected by the construction of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":576,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574\/revisions\/576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}