Updated Tue, September 20th 2016 at 00:00 GMT +3The National Environment Tribunal has stopped construction of a section of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) that was to pass through a game park. Phase 2A of the SGR project, Nairobi-Naivasha section, was to be constructed through the Nairobi National Park. The orders were issued after activist Okiyah Omtatah and Kenya Coalition for Wildlife Conservation successfully filled an application against National Environmental Management Authority (Nema), Kenya Wildlife Service, China Road and Bridge Corporation, Kenya Railways Corporation, the Attorney General and the ministries of Environment and Transport. The respondents have 21 days to respond to Omtatah's appeal. Omtatah argues that without an assessment there is no room to explore an alternative route.

Source: Standard Digital September 19, 2016 21:00 UTC