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President William Ruto and Uganda's Yoweri Museveni during the official launch of Naivasha-Kisumu-Malaba SGR, on Saturday, March 21, 2026. [PCS]
The presidents of Kenya and Uganda met near their shared border Saturday to mark the multi-billion-dollar, long-delayed extension of a Chinese-built railway that has left Kenya heavily in debt.
The Standard Gauge Railway, built from 2013 to 2019, connects the Kenyan port of Mombasa to its capital, Nairobi, and on to the lake town of Naivasha. Still, China refused further lending before it could be extended to Uganda as planned.
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