Uganda and Kenya have both come to a final understanding concerning the construction of the Standard Guage Railway. The two countries have agreed on financing the project which will start from Naivasha Kenya through Kisumu to Kampala, Uganda and beyond.
Kenya shall start the construction from Naivasha through Kisumu to Malaba where Uganda will also start from to Kampala and beyond.
The project was described as a great opportunity and stance towards improving trade and will also attract more travellers between the two countries, said Prof. Peter Anyang Nyong’o the governor of Kisumu.
In 2023, the two countries had agreed to construct the SGR from Kenya to Uganda, the two countries were represented by the Minister of Works and Transport Gen. Katumba Wamala and his Kenyan counterpart Kipchumba Murkomen in Mombasa, Kenya.
Reports show that Kenya is expected to finish at least 35 percent of the project come December.
Canon Perez Wamburu the SGR project coordinator in Uganda said that the funds for the project shall be included in the national budget for the next financial year starting June 2024, afterwhich the project construction is expected to commence.
Last year still, government appointed a Turkish company to construct SGR from Malaba to Kampala about 273 Kilometers at a cost of Shs. 2.2b.
Uganda is also undertaking the reconstruction of the meter Guage Railway which has been existent right from the colonial era. The meter Guage Railway shall carry the heavy goods in containers as the SGR will be transporting people mostly.
The SGR is expected to proceed to Kasese in Western Uganda afterwhich it will connect to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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