Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has travelled from Mombasa to Nairobi using the SGR. Museveni's trip is seen as a major endorsement in the push for Kenya and Uganda to build a seamless Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) through Kenya’s western border to Uganda's capital, Kampala. Financing for the Uganda segment of the SGR hinges on Kenya completing its line to Malaba, a western town on the border with Uganda. Uganda’s first phase of SGR, the eastern line running from Malaba to Kampala, is about 273km and is expected to cost about $2.3bn (£1.75bn). Kenya is already extending the line from Nairobi to a designated inland dry port in Naivasha with $1.5bn in financing from China.

Source: The Star March 28, 2019 14:03 UTC