Phillip Mainga: Man Behind the Success of Kenya Railways Corporation.

By Reporter

The Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) Managing Director, Philip Mainga, is a man on a mission,to turn around tables in the success of Kenya Railway’s Corporation.

The MD is already overseeing the construction of underground tunnel linking the Green Park terminal at Uhuru Park to Haile Selassie avenue to ease Uhuru Highway congestion as part of the Sh28 billion Nairobi central railway city project.

The first phase of the project is expected to cost £80 million (Sh11.7 billion), which will come from the United Kingdom Export Finance.

Mainga says the overall scope of phase one’s early works is now underway with the initial task being the construction of a pedestrian footbridge across the Nairobi Railway Yard.

Until his appointment as Managing Director, Mr. Mainga was the General Manager Business and Operations at Kenya Railways Corporation.

Mr. Mainga has over two decades of experience in a wide range of fields including corporate planning, project management and business management.

He was the business research and general manager at KRC before he took up the position of managing director in an acting capacity in 2018.

“Am a results-oriented leader with over 20 years of experience in Railway Operations. I have a strong track record of performance turnaround. I utilize keen analysis, insights and team approach to drive improvements and implement best practices.” Mainga said.

In 2022, The Board of Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) extended his term,due to his competence inline with law,handing him a second three-year term.

Mr. Mainga is credited with the successful operations of the Nairobi Mombasa Madaraka Express Passenger and Freight services, construction and commissioning of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Phase 2A to Naivasha.

The refitting of Mv- Uhuru, a wagon ferry owned by Kenya Railways which had been lying unattended for the last 11 years and the construction of the Meter Gauge Railway siding to the newly upgraded fuel loading facilities at the Kenya Pipeline Corporation depot in Kisumu is also thanks to Mr. Mainga’s tenacity.

The Kenya Railways MD holds a master’s degree in Project Planning and Management from the University of Nairobi.

He also has a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Mysore and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Mysore and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from University of Mysore.

He also undertook a course in Regional Integration in Africa by a joint World Bank Institute and African Economic Research Consortium (AERC).

Mr. Mainga is a professional member of Certified Finance Management for Project Managers, Associate Member MEGADEV Consultants and Associate Member of the Kenya Institute of Management (KIM).

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