{"id":6441,"date":"2024-11-03T09:45:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T09:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=6441"},"modified":"2024-11-07T09:48:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T09:48:36","slug":"uganda-invests-3-billion-in-new-railway-system-for-efficient-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=6441","title":{"rendered":"Uganda Invests $3 Billion in New Railway System for Efficient Transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0<span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtoninformer.com\/author\/oswald-t-brown\/\">Oswald T. Brown<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Transport is essential in global contexts, yet it often comes with high costs in many regions of Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular, depends heavily on road transport.<\/p>\n<p>As populations grow, according to Africa News, many people cannot afford their own vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>In countries such as Uganda, the private sector largely dominates transportation, resulting in high expenses for the public.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n<div class=\"newspack_global_ad scaip-1 fixed-height\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-caf9af3267-0\">Uganda\u2019s transportation network faces difficulties due to congestion in Kampala and nearby regions, with many roads either unpaved or filled with potholes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Each week Humphrey Mwijukye of UniFreight Group Logistician strives to adhere to delivery schedules at an international shipping firm.<\/p>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<p>He keeps a close eye on the company\u2019s trucks that travel between Kampala and the coastal port of Mombasa in Kenya.<\/p>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<p>This is the company\u2019s most active route, fraught with various challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are faced with issues of traffic, the congestion of all the trucks on the road, coming through one border post at Malaba. So that has created a situation where we are not able to meet our delivery timelines. Our clients are also held back with the delays that happen out of anyone\u2019s control in the supply chain, which causes us to have more costs,\u201d Mwijukye told Africa News.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-2    \">\n<div class=\"newspack_global_ad scaip-2 fixed-height\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-2bd992b9b0-0\">The Ugandan government is creating flexibility after it signed an agreement with a Turkish construction firm to build a 272-kilometer section of the Uganda Standard Gauge Railway.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The nation is looking for some relief following the signing of an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) agreement between Uganda\u2019s government and the Turkish company Yap\u0131 Merkezi.<\/p>\n<p>This deal, valued at \u20ac2.7 billion, is aimed at constructing the Malaba-Kampala segment of the Uganda Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) over the next four years.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Katumba Wamala, the minister of Works and Transport, said: \u201cThe Standard Gauge Railway will become the backbone of our surface transport system and will provide the much-needed transport capacity in the country and region as cargo and passenger transport demand has been increasing rapidly over the last few years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Uganda, as a landlocked nation with the closest coastal port in Mombasa, Kenya\u2013 situated 1500 kilometers away\u2013 is anticipated to increasingly shift towards an export-driven economy.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-3    \">\n<div class=\"newspack_global_ad scaip-3 fixed-height\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-dc2e0e383b-0\">The Uganda Standard Gauge Railway will connect Uganda\u2019s capital Kampala to Kenya\u2019s coastal port city of Mombasa.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This project is part of a 1,724-kilometer Standard Gauge Railway designed to connect Uganda with four of its neighboring nations.<\/p>\n<p>While improving the train systems could significantly enhance the country\u2019s economic growth, Uganda is struggling to finance the almost $3 billion needed for construction over the next four years due to increasing public debt.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtoninformer.com\/uganda-transportation-expense-issues\/\">Published without changes from Washington Informer Newspaper<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0Oswald T. 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