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Kenya gets Uganda on board to extend SGR to Malaba, Kampala

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Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen and his Ugandan Counterpart General Katumba Wamala (right) at the Standard Gauge Railway in Mombasa County on Friday 28th July 2023, after signing an agreement to extend the SGR from Kenya's Naivasha to Uganda. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Kenya has finally brought Uganda on board in the extension of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line to Kampala and beyond. The two countries have inked a deal to source funds to build the rail at the same time so that cargo is moved seamlessly by rail from Mombasa port to landlocked countries.

The port serves Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Sudan and Burundi as well as northern Tanzania.

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