The project will boost regional connectivity between Uganda and Kenya, with a freight capacity of 25 million tonnes annually.

Uganda's government has signed a contract with Türkiye's Yapı Merkezi to build a 272-kilometer (169-mile) section of railway, aiming to

After nine years of striving, the government of Uganda yesterday signed a contract with Turkish contractor Yapı Merkezi to build the first section of the country’s standard gauge railway, New Vision website reports.

Uganda signed a contract on October 14 with Turkish firm Yapı Merkezi for the first phase of the country’s Standard Gauge Railway project.

Uganda plans to build a rail line linking a town in the east to a proposed port on Lake Victoria for a combined $600 million, which will provide better logistics links through Tanzania to the Indian Ocean.

Uganda has signed a contract with Turkish construction firm Yapi Merkezi to build the first part of its proposed Standard Gauge Railway, aimed at boosting regional trade. Under the terms of the deal,