Uganda plans to go it alone and build 2,700km-long standard gauge railway
Trucks form a queue at Koteko on the Bungoma-Malaba road waiting for clearance to enter Uganda. Kenya paused its SGR development in Naivasha, but there is a possibility it could extend it to Malaba. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Uganda will build its standard gauge railway even if Kenya fails to extend its line to Malaba, officials say. Construction of the long-delayed SGR will now start in the 2022/2023 fiscal year even as the connection with Kenya remains a sticking point.
The country’s 271-kilometre-long SGR was part of the Northern Corridor Infrastructure project linking Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, but has stalled amid political and financial uncertainty. In all, Uganda is now looking at building 2,700km of SGR with connections to its northern, eastern, southern and western neighbours.
