Advertisement The East African News Rest Of Africa Rwanda-Tanzania SGR to go to eastern DRC Tuesday June 25 2019 The standard gauge railway (SGR) train in Kenya. Plans are underway to extend the planned Rwanda-Tanzania SGR to eastern DR Congo. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP Summary Kinshasa has given the green light for a feasibility study to be carried out to pave the way for the stretch to its eastern border. Advertisement By EMMANUEL ONYANGO More by this Author A plan by Tanzania and Rwanda to extend the joint standard gauge railway line to link Kigali and Rubavu on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo seems to have gained fresh impetus after President Felix Tshisekedi’s recent visit to Dar es Salaam.Kinshasa has given the green light for a feasibility study to be carried out to pave the way for the stretch to its eastern border.President Tshisekedi said in Dar es Salaam that the extension of the SGR to Rubavu will open up trade opportunities for the country which, according to a TradeMark East Africa report, depends entirely on the ports of Dar es Salaam and Mombasa for its imports and exports.The detailed design for an extended line from Isaka in Tanzania to Kigali in Rwanda, covering 575km, was agreed on and both countries are going to finance the project at a cost of $2.5 billion, with Tanzania paying $1.3 billion and Rwanda $1.2 billion. Rwanda will incur another expense to cover the extended line to Rubavu.ASSURANCEPresident Tshisekedi assured President John Magufuli of Tanzania of increased volumes of his country’s exports and imports through Dar es Salaam, which will be connected with the SGR when is complete. Advertisement The Dar es Salaam port handles an annual average of 1.76 million tonnes of goods destined to and from the DRC.Tanzania’s SGR is 1,457km from Dar es Salaam to the shores of Lake Victoria, and is among the $7.5 billion worth of mega projects the government has planned to undertake over the next five years.The government has given the priority to the project during the next financial year’s budget. In May, parliament approved a Tsh4.9 trillion ($2.1 billion) budget for the Ministry of Works, half or Tsh2.5 trillion ($1 billion) of which went to the SGR project. Advertisement In the headlines Rwanda denies backing armed group in DRC Primarily a Congolese Tutsi group, M23 is one of more than 120 armed groups that roam eastern DRC. UN renews arms embargo on South Sudan A resolution to extend the ban through May 2023, drafted by the United States, was passed with 10 out of 15 votes. Kenya's President Kenyatta lifts Fifa World Cup trophyKenyan Olympic champions join global anti-malaria campaignSamia: Tanzania playing its part to link African statesTanzania issues alert over monkeypoxFifa World Cup trophy arrives in Kenya
Advertisement The East African News Rest Of Africa Rwanda-Tanzania SGR to go to eastern DRC Tuesday June 25 2019 The standard gauge railway (SGR) train in Kenya. Plans are underway to extend the planned Rwanda-Tanzania SGR to eastern DR Congo. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP Summary Kinshasa has given the green light for a feasibility study to be carried out to pave the way for the stretch to its eastern border. Advertisement By EMMANUEL ONYANGO More by this Author A plan by Tanzania and Rwanda to extend the joint standard gauge railway line to link Kigali and Rubavu on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo seems to have gained fresh impetus after President Felix Tshisekedi’s recent visit to Dar es Salaam.Kinshasa has given the green light for a feasibility study to be carried out to pave the way for the stretch to its eastern border.President Tshisekedi said in Dar es Salaam that the extension of the SGR to Rubavu will open up trade opportunities for the country which, according to a TradeMark East Africa report, depends entirely on the ports of Dar es Salaam and Mombasa for its imports and exports.The detailed design for an extended line from Isaka in Tanzania to Kigali in Rwanda, covering 575km, was agreed on and both countries are going to finance the project at a cost of $2.5 billion, with Tanzania paying $1.3 billion and Rwanda $1.2 billion. Rwanda will incur another expense to cover the extended line to Rubavu.ASSURANCEPresident Tshisekedi assured President John Magufuli of Tanzania of increased volumes of his country’s exports and imports through Dar es Salaam, which will be connected with the SGR when is complete. Advertisement The Dar es Salaam port handles an annual average of 1.76 million tonnes of goods destined to and from the DRC.Tanzania’s SGR is 1,457km from Dar es Salaam to the shores of Lake Victoria, and is among the $7.5 billion worth of mega projects the government has planned to undertake over the next five years.The government has given the priority to the project during the next financial year’s budget. In May, parliament approved a Tsh4.9 trillion ($2.1 billion) budget for the Ministry of Works, half or Tsh2.5 trillion ($1 billion) of which went to the SGR project. Advertisement In the headlines Rwanda denies backing armed group in DRC Primarily a Congolese Tutsi group, M23 is one of more than 120 armed groups that roam eastern DRC. UN renews arms embargo on South Sudan A resolution to extend the ban through May 2023, drafted by the United States, was passed with 10 out of 15 votes. Kenya's President Kenyatta lifts Fifa World Cup trophyKenyan Olympic champions join global anti-malaria campaignSamia: Tanzania playing its part to link African statesTanzania issues alert over monkeypoxFifa World Cup trophy arrives in Kenya
Summary Kinshasa has given the green light for a feasibility study to be carried out to pave the way for the stretch to its eastern border. Advertisement By EMMANUEL ONYANGO More by this Author A plan by Tanzania and Rwanda to extend the joint standard gauge railway line to link Kigali and Rubavu on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo seems to have gained fresh impetus after President Felix Tshisekedi’s recent visit to Dar es Salaam.Kinshasa has given the green light for a feasibility study to be carried out to pave the way for the stretch to its eastern border.President Tshisekedi said in Dar es Salaam that the extension of the SGR to Rubavu will open up trade opportunities for the country which, according to a TradeMark East Africa report, depends entirely on the ports of Dar es Salaam and Mombasa for its imports and exports.The detailed design for an extended line from Isaka in Tanzania to Kigali in Rwanda, covering 575km, was agreed on and both countries are going to finance the project at a cost of $2.5 billion, with Tanzania paying $1.3 billion and Rwanda $1.2 billion. Rwanda will incur another expense to cover the extended line to Rubavu.ASSURANCEPresident Tshisekedi assured President John Magufuli of Tanzania of increased volumes of his country’s exports and imports through Dar es Salaam, which will be connected with the SGR when is complete. Advertisement The Dar es Salaam port handles an annual average of 1.76 million tonnes of goods destined to and from the DRC.Tanzania’s SGR is 1,457km from Dar es Salaam to the shores of Lake Victoria, and is among the $7.5 billion worth of mega projects the government has planned to undertake over the next five years.The government has given the priority to the project during the next financial year’s budget. In May, parliament approved a Tsh4.9 trillion ($2.1 billion) budget for the Ministry of Works, half or Tsh2.5 trillion ($1 billion) of which went to the SGR project.
Rwanda denies backing armed group in DRC Primarily a Congolese Tutsi group, M23 is one of more than 120 armed groups that roam eastern DRC. UN renews arms embargo on South Sudan A resolution to extend the ban through May 2023, drafted by the United States, was passed with 10 out of 15 votes. Kenya's President Kenyatta lifts Fifa World Cup trophyKenyan Olympic champions join global anti-malaria campaignSamia: Tanzania playing its part to link African statesTanzania issues alert over monkeypoxFifa World Cup trophy arrives in Kenya