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A shot in the arm for Kenya’s railway project as Uganda ‘buys into the deal’

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, in a white hat, on a tour of the Mombasa port. He is flanked by Kenya’s Transport CS James Macharia and Mombasa governor Hassan Ali Joho at berth number 20 on March 28, 2019. PHOTO | LABAN WALLOGA | NMG

By  The EastAfrican

Kenya and Uganda raised the stakes in East Africa’s infrastructure development race after Nairobi offered Kampala land to construct a dry port in Naivasha, 100km west of Nairobi, where the second phase of Kenya’s standard gauge railway line terminates.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta made the offer in Mombasa on Thursday during a meeting with Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni who was on a three-day tour of the country.

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