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Sunday February 07 2021
The rail wagons loaded with trucks arrives at Kampala Railway Station from Mombasa on January 10, 2018. To link Kampala directly to the Indian Ocean coast, a bridge was built across River Nile in 1926 and the railway finally reached the city in 1931. PHOTO/MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI
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Plans are in high gear to open a national railway museum in Uganda in order to preserve the rich historical heritage of the vast railway network and its impact in terms of colonialism and development, social-economic and racial relations in the country, and neighbouring Kenya and Tanzania.
The proposed National Railway Museum will be located at Jinja Railway Station in Jinja City.
The managing director for the Uganda Railways Corporation Stanley Sendegeya while appearing before the parliamentary Budget committee says they have opted to buy second-hand wagons because acquiring new ones is costly and will delay.
He says currently, the country is in need of the wagons to urgently boost trade and also ease transportation of goods.
Daily Monitor
Sunday January 31 2021
Happy at home. Chris Amooti Tushabe at one of his cottages during the interview. PHOTO | ALEX ASHABA
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Brief bio. Born in 1949 to Yusuf and Ziporrah Rwamushekuzi in Kabale District Tushabe went to Bugangari Primary School, Kambuga before joining Mbarara High School for O-Level and Kigezi High School for A-Level.
In 1972 he went to East African Railways training school in Kenya where he graduated with certificates in advanced business administration, office management and transport.
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At the top of the Iruhura Hill in Kasenda Sub-Ccounty, Kabarole district, is Chris Tushabe Amooti’s retirement project.
The 72-year-old, donning a blue kitenge teamed with black trousers and sandals, is warm to his guests as he directs them to the waiting cottage.
Uganda: Government decides to rehabilitate century-old meter-gauge railway, seeking funds
“In the next five years, we expect those places to be serviced by the meter gauge railway as long as the financing is secured. Devdiscourse News Desk | Kampala | Updated: 01-01-2021 15:45 IST | Created: 01-01-2021 15:45 IST
Representative image. Image Credit: Twitter (@RailwaysUganda)
To rehabilitate the large part of the century-old meter gauge Railway in Uganda, the country is seeking around $976 million to fund the project, according to a report by The East African.
Reportedly expected to get completed in the coming five years the government has decided to rehabilitate the old meter-gauge railway. With the availability of the funds, the Uganda Railways will start upgrading the project according to the managing director of Uganda Railways Corporation, Stanley Sendegeya. He said the existing damaged railways will be upgraded by the construction of the older ones, purchasing wagons, loco
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Friday January 01 2021
A Rift Valley Railways locomotive at the Kampala station. Uganda is seeking over $976 million to finance the rehabilitation of major sections of its century-old metre gauge railway. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
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Mr Sendegeya said the increasing freight volumes being moved on the lake creates the need for better facilities at both Port Bell and Jinja. Last year, Uganda upgraded the Port Bell pier and the connecting railway line with Jinja now on the cards.
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Uganda is seeking over about 3.5 trillion to finance the rehabilitation of major sections of its century-old metre gauge railway a project expected to be completed in the next five years.