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Rift Valley hold-up
FURTHER delays seem inevitable before the Sheltam-led Rift Valley Railways consortium achieves financial close for its 25-year concession to operate the Ugandan rail network.Following a legal challenge by two former members of the consortium, Judge Egonda Ntende of Kampala Commercial Court ruled last month that 25% of the consortium’s shares ...
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Kenya-Uganda bids in
BIDDING documentation for the 25-year concession to operate the rail networks in Kenya and Uganda was issued on August 30, after the submission deadline was extended at the request of the bidders.Final offers were due by September 30, and the two governments now expect to name the preferred bidder on ...
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Kenya-Uganda accord
TRANSPORT Ministry officials from Kenya and Uganda signed an agreement at the end of December to form a dedicated fleet of container trains to operate ’seamless services’ between Mombasa and Kampala.The accord was signed in Kampala by the Permanent Secretary of Uganda’s Ministry of Works, Transport & Communications Charles Muganzi ...
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EAR concession takes shape
PREQUALIFICATION bids have been called by October 15 for the combined concession to operate and maintain the Kenyan and Ugandan rail networks. A memorandum of understanding was signed by the two countries at the end of July, and Canarail and International Finance Corp have been appointed as transaction advisers. Kenya’s ...
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African links could bring peace and stability
GOLD, DIAMONDS, oil, uranium and other minerals in southern Sudan could be used to fund an ambitious plan to build a 4100 km network of standard-gauge lines joining the country to Uganda and Kenya. Promoted by German rail welding specialist Thormählen Schweisstechnik, the proposals hinged initially on what the company ...
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Kenya-Uganda through trains revived
Uganda Railways Corp and 150 by KRC. KRC is relaying its line west of Nakuru with heavier rails, and work will be completed by mid-2005. KRC is also providing assistance to URC for refurbishing the track between Kampala and the border at Malaba. According to KRC’s Ugandan representative Julius Chando, ...
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Kenya tries again
PRIVATISATION in East Africa is moving ahead, albeit slowly. Although the Kenyan, Ugandan and Tanzanian heads of state were agreed on the desirability of a single concessionaire, Tanzania had already called for expressions of interest. Only a lone bidder came forward (RG 2.04 p72), and the process is to be ...
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