THE European Union (EU) has reportedly agreed to grant €21.5m to repair Uganda’s 375km Tororo - Gulu Line, which hasn’t been used since the insurgency by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army 25 years ago.
Uganda has ambitious plans to build a light rail network in its capital Kampala in a bid to reduce crippling road traffic congestion and pollution, reports Shem Oirere.
THE UGANDAN government has confirmed it is terminating Rift Valley Railways’ (RVR) concession to operate the country's 1918km metre-gauge network because of poor performance.
CHINA Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) has successfully delivered the first six Df8B freight locomotives which will operate on the new standard-gauge railway in between Mombasa, and Nairobi, Kenya.
AFRICAN energy and infrastructure company Qalaa Holdings confirmed on January 5 that it has begun preliminary discussions to sell its 73.76% stake in Rift Valley Railways (RVR), which has a concession to operate the metre-gauge railway in Kenya and Uganda.
THE governments of Uganda and China have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of a light rail network in the Ugandan capital Kampala.
RIFT Valley Railways (RVR), which holds A 25-year concession to operate the Kenya-Uganda railway, has asked the Kenyan High to stop the government from charging it the mandatory monthly fuel levy.
CONSTRUCTION of the second phase of Kenya's new standard-gauge railway from the capital Nairobi to the Lake Victoria port of Kisumu will start in July.
A parliamentary select committee in Uganda has launched a probe into the award of an $US 8bn contract for the 250km single-track Kampala - Malaba standard-gauge railway to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC).
RIFT Valley Railways has taken delivery of its first batch of former GE B23-7 diesel locomotives which have been rebuilt by NRE as C23-7 units equipped with NRE's NForce control and concluded a $US 20m financing deal for the fleet of 20 units.