Uganda seals deal to rehabilitate Malaba-Kampala Railway By Otiato Opali in Nairobi, Kenya | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-05-20 15:50
Uganda signed a $46.5 million deal with a Chinese firm on Tuesday to rehabilitate its 260-kilometer railway line between its border with Kenya at Malaba town and its capital, Kampala, in less than 12 months. This comes as Uganda and Kenya join forces to push the rehabilitation and seamless connection of the old meter gauge railway line, which is narrower than standard gauge railway, as Kenya continues revamping its meter gauge railway line from Naivasha to Malaba.
According to a report by Uganda s Parliament Committee on National Economy presented to parliament last week by Syda Bbumba, the committee s chairwoman, the Ugandan government also plans to purchase and rehabilitate coaches, wagons and locomotives, create a railway training school to equip Uganda Railway Corporation management and staff it with modern
Uganda’s Parliament has approved a US $395.5m loan the refurbishment of the Kampala-Malaba Meter Gauge Railway (MGR). The approval in a plenary sitting Chaired by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga came after the approval of a report by the National Economy Committee presented by Nakaseke North MP Syda Bbumba.
According to Hon Bbumba, the Kampala- Malaba project is part of the bigger proposed Meter Gauge Railway (MGR) project, which will entail the rehabilitation of the 8.3km Kampala-Port Bell section and the 12.3km Kampala-Nalukolongo-Kyengera section, purchase and rehabilitation of coaches, wagons and locomotives, creation of a railway training school to equip Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) Management and Staff with modern railway skills, and stock new spares for the workshop.
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Wednesday February 24 2021
An enumerator (left) records data of a family during the 2014 population census in Kampala. PHOTO/FILE
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According to the MPs on the finance committee where Ubos officials were presenting their annual performance report yesterday, the unemployment rates being released by the government agency does not reflect the actual reality on ground.
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Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday tasked Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) to conduct accurate research to reflect the actual unemployment situation in the country.
According to the MPs on the finance committee where Ubos officials were presenting their annual performance report yesterday, the unemployment rates being released by the government agency does not reflect the actual reality on ground.