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Cost comparison SGR Kenya vs SGR Tanzania
Cost comparison SGR Kenya vs SGR Tanzania
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Uganda, Rwanda Resolve to Expedite Kampala-Kigali SGR Project
May 24, 2023
Uganda and Rwanda have agreed to work more closely to pull off the much-anticipated standard gauge railway (SGR) line connecting Kampala and Kigali.
This was disclosed during the SGR cluster meeting held at Mestil Hotel in Kampala on Tuesday morning.
Officials from Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and South Sudan attended the meeting aimed at revitalizing the implementation of the stalled railway project.
SGR Project Coordinator Eng Perez Wamburu said, “Uganda will not wait for the completion of the construction of the Eastern Route (Kampala-Malaba) railway line. Once we secure funding for the construction of Kampala-Kasese-Mpondwe-Mirama Hills, work will begin.”
Wamburu said construction of the Malaba-Kampala route will start in September 2023.
The meeting resolved that Uganda should “fast track sourcing for financing and completion of construction for the Kampala-Bihanga-Mirama Hills SGR section by 2029.”
Rwanda will pick up the line from Mirama Hills to Kigali.
A Rwandan official attending the meeting said, “Now that we know Uganda’s timeline, we have a baseline for developing a roadmap for the railway line.”
Kajuna consults Amb. Richard Kabonero, Coordinator of Northern Corridor Projects during the event
In 2014, the governments of Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda committed to the development of a standard gauge railway to link the landlocked countries of Rwanda and Uganda with Mombasa port in Kenya.This project entailed the section from Kampala to Kasese, along which the line would branch southwards to Mirama Hills.
However, COVID-19, regional wars, a lack of financing, and the bad blood between Kigali and Kampala undermined efforts to push through the multi-billion dollar project.
In 2017, Uganda made it clear it would instead prioritise the Tororo-Gulu-Nimule railway line to connect with South Sudan before embarking on the western route (Kampala-Kasese-Mirama).
However, with improved bilateral relations, the two countries appear determined to pull off the project.
Rwanda says it is already working with a consultant to see if there is a need to update the feasibility study for the Mirama-Kigali line.
A report on the viability of updating the feasibility study is expected by August 2023.
“We are also engaging various institutions in Europe for financing of this project,” said a Rwandan official during the SGR cluster meeting.
The railway route from Kampala to Kigali
Feasibility
ChimpReports understands that in September 2022, Uganda started updating its two-year feasibility study for the Kampala-Kasese-Mpondwe-Mirama route.
Wamburu said construction work can only commence after September 2024, meaning Rwanda can only expect to see the railway line in Mirama in 2029.
“The financiers are actually very pleased when they know that Kenya is moving to Malaba and Uganda is moving from Malaba to Kampala. And it would be easy to pull these lines into Sudan, Rwanda, and into Rwanda and DRC,” he added.
Rwanda said it has finalized the demarcation of the railway corridor from Mirama Hills to Kigali.
Rwanda and Uganda also agreed to consider the possibility of joint sourcing of financing for the railway line projects.
The construction of the railway line is expected to provide a reliable, efficient railway network, leading to reduced transportation and logistics costs.
“I wish to assure the meeting that Uganda is committed to the implementation of the SGR project,” said Benon Kajuna, the Director of Transport, Ministry of Works and Transport, and chairperson of the Northern Corridor Infrastructure Projects, SGR Cluster.
“Despite the slow progress in the last two or so years, a lot of effort is being geared towards ensuring that construction of the SGR Uganda section takes off in the next financial year,” he added.”
Officials say the decrease in transport costs can lead to sustained rapid industrialization and economic growth in the East African region, which has a population of over 300 million people.
Kenya recently committed to building the Naivasha-Malaba section.
Tanzania has since registered stunning progress in the development of over 4,000 km of standard gauge railway line as Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda grapple with financial challenges.
A 2.5 km viaduct in Dar es Salaam forms part of the SGR project
For example, in phase one of the railway project, Tanzania has almost completed building the Dar es Salaam-Morogoro railway line, covering at least 300 km. The overall progress on this route as of April 2023 was 98.14 percent. Progress on construction of the 422-kilometer Morogoro-Makutupora railway line stands at 93 percent as of April 2023.
Progress on the Isaka-Mwanza (341 km) route stands at 31%, while Tabora-Isaka (368 km) and Makutupora-Tabora (368 km) are at mobilization and design stages.
Uganda, Rwanda Resolve to Expedite Kampala-Kigali SGR Project
Uganda and Rwanda have agreed to work more closely to pull off the much-anticipated standard gauge railway (SGR) line connecting Kampala and Kigali. This was disclosed during the SGR cluster meeting held at Mestil Hotel in Kampala on Tuesday morning. Officials from Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and...
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We have a lesson to learn overhere! Though both Kigali-Dar or kigali-Tanga or Kampala-Tanga r shorter routes to the sea n our SGR construction is more advanced, the game has changed after all that JPM's hullabaloo with Kagame! Kagame can never be trusted n JPM should have known better!
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That's around $160 mln not small amount for GoU while Tanzania has set aside over US$422 mln for SGR this budget! I still think GoT is more serious n can even set aside funds for Isaka-Masaka SGR after Uvinza-Gitega SGR has started. Just wondering how much has GoK set aside for Naivasha-Malaba SGR?
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