Museveni launches Uganda's Standard Gauge Railway

MK254 · Oct 9, 2014

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (r) Rwandan President Paul Kagame (L) South Sudan President Salva Kiir

A model of the Standard Gauge Railway

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday launched the country's Standard Gauge Railway. Rwandan President Paul Kagame and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir joined Museveni in launching the Malaba - Kampala section of the railway.

Uganda's Standard Gauge Railway is part of the Northern Corridor intergration projects that begin from Mombasa through Nairobi, to Kampala, Kigali and Juba.

President Museveni said that the railway will address the question of cost.

"We are here to launch our region into a new era of cheaper transport and electricity" Museveni said.

Museveni further said that the the East African community is on the right track when member states work together on such projects.
"We are moving into the real business of developing our country," he added.

He further thanked the Chinese Government and other Chinese agencies for their support in building the railway.

Freight transit times are expected to be reduced from Mombasa - Kampala from the current 14 days to one day after the railway is built.

Uganda's Minister of State Works John Byabakambi said he is optimistic that the government will achieve the Standard Gauge Railway time-line set for 2018.

Source: The star

Museveni launches Uganda's Standard Gauge Railway | The Star

Geza Ulole

Geza Ulole · Oct 9, 2014

Nothing special with political gimmicks! Kenya launched this same project a year before apart from the LAPSSET and Tatu city under Kibaki and todate no single km has been accomplished for SGR while no pole has been erected as for Tatu City and LAPSSET! Until Mseveni gets the US$ 8 billion he asked the Chinese nothing will happen, take that to the bank!

MK254 · Oct 9, 2014

Geza Ulole said:
Nothing special with political gimmicks! Kenya launched this same project a year before apart from the LAPSSET and Tatu city under Kibaki and todate no single km has been accomplished for SGR while no pole has been erected as for Tatu City and LAPSSET! Until Mseveni gets the US$ 8 billion he asked the Chinese nothing will happen, take that to the bank!

Do you think such projects are run like selling fish in Kivukoni, Bongo.

Koborer · Oct 9, 2014

Geza Ulole said:
Nothing special with political gimmicks! Kenya launched this same project a year before apart from the LAPSSET and Tatu city under Kibaki and todate no single km has been accomplished for SGR while no pole has been erected as for Tatu City and LAPSSET! Until Mseveni gets the US$ 8 billion he asked the Chinese nothing will happen, take that to the bank!

The Kenyan SGR is already underway. Please take that to the bank too. Just visit and see.

Koborer · Oct 9, 2014

lawmaina78 said:
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (r) Rwandan President Paul Kagame (L) South Sudan President Salva Kiir

A model of the Standard Gauge Railway

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday launched the country's Standard Gauge Railway. Rwandan President Paul Kagame and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir joined Museveni in launching the Malaba - Kampala section of the railway.

Uganda's Standard Gauge Railway is part of the Northern Corridor intergration projects that begin from Mombasa through Nairobi, to Kampala, Kigali and Juba.

President Museveni said that the railway will address the question of cost.

"We are here to launch our region into a new era of cheaper transport and electricity" Museveni said.

Museveni further said that the the East African community is on the right track when member states work together on such projects.
"We are moving into the real business of developing our country," he added.

He further thanked the Chinese Government and other Chinese agencies for their support in building the railway.

Freight transit times are expected to be reduced from Mombasa - Kampala from the current 14 days to one day after the railway is built.

Uganda's Minister of State Works John Byabakambi said he is optimistic that the government will achieve the Standard Gauge Railway time-line set for 2018.

Source: The star

Museveni launches Uganda's Standard Gauge Railway | The Star

Geza Ulole

Brilliant.

East African Eagle · Oct 9, 2014

lawmaina78 said:
Do you think such projects are run like selling fish in Kivukoni, Bongo.

You COW can`t you do your things without mentioning Tanzania? There is a saying nowadays in tanzania tha even when COW goes to the toilet they will be mentioning tanzania that this toilet is better than those in Tanzania.You have TANZANIA MANIAC FEVER

Geza Ulole · Oct 9, 2014

Koborer said:
The Kenyan SGR is already underway. Please take that to the bank too. Just visit and see.

evidence? where is 1 km of that sgr

Koborer · Oct 9, 2014

Geza Ulole said:
evidence? where is 1 km of that sgr

Do you want me to bring the 1km to the forum? I said work is already underway - clearing, earth movement, mobilization, material delivery etc. What more do you need? That nothing is being done?

waltham · Oct 9, 2014

Geza Ulole said:
Nothing special with political gimmicks! Kenya launched this same project a year before apart from the LAPSSET and Tatu city under Kibaki and todate no single km has been accomplished for SGR while no pole has been erected as for Tatu City and LAPSSET! Until Mseveni gets the US$ 8 billion he asked the Chinese nothing will happen, take that to the bank!

mzee wivu wako na chuki kwa kenya utaumia matumbo sana........

Workers at the standard gauge railway construction station. More than two hundred residents in Voi halted traffic along Mombasa highway with burning tyres to demand jobs from a Chinese firm contracted to build a section of the railway

willy ze great · Oct 9, 2014

good for them

waltham · Oct 9, 2014

Koborer said:
Brilliant.

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Lupweko · Oct 9, 2014

It's a good move. Go Museveni, go East Africa!

MK254 · Oct 9, 2014

East African Eagle said:
You COW can`t you do your things without mentioning Tanzania? There is a saying nowadays in tanzania tha even when COW goes to the toilet they will be mentioning tanzania that this toilet is better than those in Tanzania.You have TANZANIA MANIAC FEVER

We brought up a CoW news, and even before drying of the ink, a Tanzanian threw some dung at the news. We had to remind him such huge projects are not run like mama nitilie business. He is asking if we have covered the first kilometer, by the way how is BRT project, almost ten years now since I started hearing of it, do you have buses using it now.

jMali · Oct 10, 2014

East African Eagle said:
You COW can`t you do your things without mentioning Tanzania? There is a saying nowadays in tanzania tha even when COW goes to the toilet they will be mentioning tanzania that this toilet is better than those in Tanzania.You have TANZANIA MANIAC FEVER

hahahahaha. spot on mkuu.

ukawa.com · Oct 12, 2014

where did they mentioned Tanzania?Be specific and mind your own.Mtoa mada ameiongelea M7 na jopo lake sikuona kataja Tz.

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