Why 30 years later, we should not condemn but sympathise with the president’s fanciful and failed dreams THE LAST WORD | ANDREW MWENDA | Last week someone sent me a video of President Yoweri Museveni speaking on December 22, 1988. In it, the President who was just two years in …
Read More »Gov’t gets funding for Tororo-Gulu railway line
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union has approved a grant of 21.5 million Euros (94 billion Shillings) for the rehabilitation of the Tororo-Gulu railway. The agreement for the financing was signed this evening between Finance Minister Matia Kasaija and Attillio Pacifici, the Head of EU delegation in Uganda. …
Read More »Railway officials take 750Bn in bribes
Angry Museveni renegotiates contract, gets bribes list Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | President Yoweri Museveni has been told, according to insiders, a Chinese contractor paid officials and commission agents a whooping $ 200 million (approx.750bn) in order to secure a contract to construct the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). Insiders say …
Read More »SGR railway project runs into more trouble
SGR: Chinese contractor faces boot as Kutesa camp returns Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | President Yoweri Museveni is renegotiating the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) contract – again. And the negotiations are not going his way, meaning that once again the project is likely to be delayed even more. …
Read More »Rwanda goes for electric trains to Dar
Kampala, Uganda | INDEPENDENT TEAM & AGENCIES | Rwanda and Tanzania have agreed to review the design of Isaka-Kigali standard gauge railway. They have dropped the proposed use of diesel engines in favour of electric locomotives. The line is proposed to link the Tanzanian port of Dar-es-Salaam and Kigali; a stretch of …
Read More »2018: Uhuru Kenyatta’s Big Four Plan
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s investment in the Standard Gauge Railway will strengthen its business position in the region and will benefit local businesses. “We built a world-class railway on time and within budget. On the 2nd of January, that railway will begin carrying commercial cargo, cutting costs …
Read More »Shot fired at rail station near Munich, one injured
Munich, Germany | AFP | Several people were wounded when shots were fired at a commuter rail station near the southern German city of Munich on Tuesday and one person was detained, police said. “Several people were injured by shots. A female police officer was badly wounded” at an S-Bahn …
Read More »Kenyatta to commission SGR on May 31 in Mombasa
Nairobi, KENYA| PSCU| President Uhuru Kenyatta will on May 31 commission the first phase of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) that has been completed on budget, 18 months ahead of schedule. State House Spokesperson Manoah Esipisu said China – who provided the funds through loans that ensured the SGR was …
Read More »MPs demand for 2nd class, not first class SGR railway
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on Physical Infrastructure on Wednesday April 5, 2017 presented to parliament its report on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in which they demanded that Uganda downgrades to China Class 2 from China Class 1, in the regional project. Presenting a report, Member …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Nyanzi on scaling up rail transport services
Joram Nyanzi is the general manager of Rift Valley Railways (RVR), the company that concessioned the assets of the former Uganda Railways Corporation. He spoke to Flavia Nassaka about their operations and other pertinent issues in the transport industry. What are the key elements in your management philosophy as a …
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