Tag Archives: Charles Kateeba

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) has said it is not yet ready to resume passenger train services due to ongoing works to ensure observing the COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures. The passenger train service was shut down in March this year following the outbreak of COVID-19, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The  Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) has said the passenger train services will probably resume in early September as the entity establishes standard operating procedures. Since it halted operations in March this year, the Corporation said that it was still studying the possibility of resuming operations …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) is seeking 93.5 Billion shillings to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on the sub sector and also repair and maintain its assets. URC led by their Managing Director Charles Kateeba were on Tuesday appearing before Parliament’s National Economy Committee that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) has halted the resumption of passenger train services due to the risks associated with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although public transport resumed on June 4, Uganda Railways Corporation had stayed the resumption of the passenger train from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has approved 1.4 trillion shillings to rehabilitate the 215 kilometres Malaba-Kampala meter-gauge railway line. President Museveni in his address to the nation emphasized the need to rehabilitate the old railway network especially following the numerous cases of COVID-19 among the truck drivers. Museveni …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda Railways Corporation Central workshop in Nalukolongo, a Kampala suburb is being prepared to assist the government and Oil Companies in Oil and Gas electrical and welding activities. Dr Charles Kateeba, the Executive Director of Uganda Railways Corporation says the workshop has been equipped with …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Railway Corporation-URC has embarked on a five year plan to revive the meter gauge railway. Charles Kateeba, the executive Director, URC, says the US$ 340M plan to revive the meter gauge railway is funded by the European Union. He led a team of …