Rwanda looks to Tanzania for rail transport as Uganda falters on SGR
Kenya could lose out again as Kigali chooses the Central Corridor owing to failure to prioritise Kampala —Kigali section in standard gauge railway plans. PHOTO | FILE |
Rwanda is in talks with Tanzania and Burundi for a shared standard gauge railway through the Central Corridor after it realised that Uganda was not prioritising the Kampala-Kigali connection that would have seen it transport its goods through Kenya.
The EastAfrican has learnt that Rwanda’s Infrastructure Permanent Secretary Christian Rwankunda held a series of meetings with senior officials from Tanzania and Burundi in Dar es Salaam last week to thrash out the details of the Central Corridor project. The meeting was with lands, legal and infrastructure officials drawn from Tanzania and Burundi.
