Railway gets Kenyan lives on track

China-backed express train has ferried 1.3m passengers

NAIROBI - Felix Asuma was determined at a tender age to pursue civil engineering with the aim of participating in modernization of Kenya's transport infrastructure.

The 27-year-old General Affairs Workshop Supervisor at the Nairobi-Mombasa Standard Gauge Railway commuter service credits his study tour in China for acquiring skills required to operate a modern train.