Tanzania-Rwanda SGR works to start in October

A construction worker at the Trial section of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) at Mtito Wa Ndei, Kenya. The cost of the 521km Isaka-Kigali section is estimated at $2.5 million. FILE PHOTO | NATION

The construction of the Isaka-Kigali standard gauge railway is set to start in October, but Burundi has bowed out of the deal.

Rwanda Infrastructure Minister James Musoni and Tanzania Minister of Communication, Science and Technology Makame Mbarawa launched the project on January 20, in Dar es Salaam.