Uganda may join Dar as Kenya weighs options of extending SGR to Malaba

The Ngong tunnel on the Nairobi to Naivasha standard gauge railway. FILE PHOTO | SALATON NJAU |

Uganda is considering abandoning the Kenyan standard gauge railway route and joining the Tanzania one if Kenya does not commit to building the Kisumu-Malaba section of the railway project.

On Monday, Kenya announced that it was seeking a $3.59 billion loan from China to extend the SGR from Naivasha to Kisumu, leaving out the details of the last phase to Malaba.