Tag Archives: URC

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Cabinet has approved proposals for a new law that will give the Uganda Railways Corporation-URC more powers over its properties, as well as protection from private competition. The approved proposals have now been handed over to parliament for scrutiny by the relevant committees, according to …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises – COSASE has tasked the Ministry of Finance to expedite payment of sh69.5 billion it owes to the Uganda Railways Corporation. In 2013, the Government resolved to sell some of the URC’s properties identified …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara North Division MP, Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari, has been given a week’s ultimatum by the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprise to provide evidence of purchase of Nsambya railway land. Rukaari, who was appearing before the committee on Tuesday, 30 November 2021, shocked …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Railways Corporation has said that a joint security taskforce comprising of Uganda Railways, the military and police has been set up to recover encroached railway land and ensure the exit of encroachers. According to the managing director Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) Stanley Sendegeya, …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Railways Corporation URC- says that the new locomotives will be able to start operations next week following the successful re-construction of a triangular section. Stanley Sendegeya, the Managing Director of URC, says that all is well and the locomotives are good to go …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Railway Corporation-URC has ordered encroachers on the railway reserve land in Gulu-Omoro-Nwoya and Pakwach districts to vacate. Hundreds of illegal settlements and businesses have been established within the URC reserve land since the railway transport in the country was grounded. URC says that …

Malaba, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Railways Corporation-URC has received 4 fully refurbished locomotives from Grindrod Rail, South Africa as part of its efforts to revamp railway transport and reduce pressure on the road. The locomotives have a haulage capacity of between 750 to 1500 tons and can last between …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Railways Cooperation (URC) has resumed passenger train services after closing them during the recent 42-day lockdown. While announcing the lockdown in June, President Yoweri Museveni suspended both private and public transport as a measure to contain the second wave of COVID-19. On July 30, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda Railways Corporation -URC has not only consistently maintained its reputation among the worst performing public bodies in which billions of taxpayers money get lost but has also added unaccounted foreign loans to the losses it inflicts on Ugandans. A report by the Auditor General has …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The  Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) has said the passenger train services will probably resume in early September as the entity establishes standard operating procedures. Since it halted operations in March this year, the Corporation said that it was still studying the possibility of resuming operations …