Uganda revives hope for Kenya to extend SGR project to Malaba
The standard gauge railway line at the Naivasha Inland Container Depot, a transhipment hub for Kenya’s SGR from Mombasa, which is to extend to the proposed Malaba railway line in Uganda. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Uganda has announced the start of construction of the standard gauge railway (SGR) in August, in a decision that revives hope for the extension of Kenya’s Ksh327 billion ($2.39 billion) project whose viability was dependent on the Ugandan section.
Uganda says it has secured funds from the Standard Chartered Bank with a Turkish company getting the contract to construct the railway line after Kampala failed to get the money from China.
