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Electric vs Diesel Trains: Which way for Uganda?

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Railways Corporation is not about to deploy electric trains, at least shortly, amidst demands for a “more modern railway system” for the country. The government, through its URC, is intensifying efforts to restore the railway network and recently completed the Kampala-Mukono line, a …

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SGR project affected persons protest delayed compensation

Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project affected persons (PAPs) staged a protest in Mafubira trading center along the Jinja-Kamuli highway Tuesday, over what they described as delayed compensation. The protesters, mostly women and youth, marched from areas including Kamuli Road, Mafubira Zone A, and Mafubira Zone …

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Uganda’s SGR project comes back to life

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of Uganda’s leg of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) will finally start next month,  eight years after its launch in Kampala by East African Presidents. Uganda has signed a landmark $3bn (£2.3bn) contract with Turkish construction firm Yapi Merkezi to build a 272km …

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Ugandan engineers head to Turkey soon to discuss new SGR

CONFIRMED: Uganda writes to Chinese firm to cancel $2.2bn SGR railway line building contract, turns eyes to Turks  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has written to the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) seeking to cancel an eight year old $2.2bn Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) contract. According to a high level source …

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Delay in SGR project good for Uganda, says economist

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda acted prudently by going slow on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project which meant delays in borrowing at least USD 2.3 billion or more than Shillings 8trillion, according to experts. This is the estimated cost for only the Malaba-Kampala stretch, but the whole project connecting …

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