By Mark Kidamba Right from the onset, Uganda and East Africa have had a rocky relationship with rail lines on account of issues stretching from the terrain, jiggers; blood-thirsty lions, and the cost at which these rail lines were put in the ground. These snags have traversed generations and showed […]
Day: May 27, 2023
Kenya has set sights on a Ksh2.1 trillion ($15.3 billion) plan to extend the standard gauge railway (SGR) to Kisumu, Malaba and Isiolo by the end of June 2027, a government document seen by the Business Daily shows. According to the plan, the State Department of Transport will build another […]
●Uganda is banking on the railway to boost speed and lower the cost of transporting exports. ●China withheld funding for the final segment of the SGR to the Uganda border.Kenya last bought its 1,620 locomotives and wagons from China in 2018. Kenya and Uganda will seek an alternative financier for […]