URC says that if it is approved, a tonne of cargo entering Uganda will be subjected to a railway development levy of $1.5 (about Shs6,000) ...

Uganda Railways is betting big on passenger services over the next five years in its new strategic plan. Train services will extend to Bujuuko along Mityana Road, to Busega, and stretch to Jinja as ...

The Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) has unveiled new plans to establish a passenger train service linking Bujuuko, Kyengera, Kampala, Port Bell, and Mukono, as part of a broader government effort to ...

NAIROBI, March 1 (Reuters) - Kenya and Uganda expect cargo trains running on a standard gauge railway due to be operational in three years will treble speeds and carry 10 times more freight than ...

(Bloomberg) -- Kenya said it is in talks with the UAE to expand a railway line to Uganda and South Sudan. “We are exploring a partnership agreement with the United Arab Emirates to extend the Standard ...

NAIROBI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Kenya and Uganda plan to build a new railway from the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa to cope with increased trade between the east African countries and their landlocked ...

KAMPALA: Uganda could rely on income from future oil exports to finance an $8 billion (Sh712 billion) railway if funding talks with China fail to bear fruit, its president said. Yoweri Museveni ...

Kampala; Uganda: Uganda hopes to secure an $8 billion (Sh710 billion) loan from China to build a railway network to revamp the country’s transport infrastructure as it prepares to start oil production ...

Kenya, Uganda, and South Sudan have embarked on a nine-week feasibility study for the proposed Naivasha–Kisumu–Malaba railway ...

I can’t wait to see the trains moving again. We have suffered with transport costs for years," said Margaret Apio, a farmer who had come to the FDC rally from Dokolo village.

Africa’s multi-lateral lender, African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an additional €217.37 million ($250.78 million) in financing to the Ugandan government for the completion of the ...

President William Ruto announces the start of construction for the Naivasha–Kisumu–Malaba SGR extension in January, linking western Kenya to Uganda and boosting trade and regional integration.