UGANDA RAIL UPGRADE
Posted on 26 June 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
According to Kenyan finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta, quoted in the East African (published in Nairobi), the building of a new railway from Kampala to Mombasa is expected to begin in the “last quarter of the next financial year” at an estimated cost in excess of $US37.5 million, but the amount to be contributed by the two governments “is not, however, clear.” The paper adds: “The current line, operated by Rift Valley Railways, has been hit by intermittent conflicts that have interrupted its operations on several occasions.”
[ Which is something of an understatement. It is not clear how a new line will fare any better from future intermittent conflicts. – editor
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