The Kampala-Kigali standard gauge railway section of the northern corridor railway project may be delayed as Uganda shifts its priority to “a more economically viable line” to South Sudan. According to sources, although Uganda remains committed to the standard gauge railway line project to Kigali, it has decided to fund first the construction of the Tororo-Gulu Pakwach line because of the big economic interests the country has in South Sudan.
Kenya is however trying to push Uganda to consider the Kampala-Kigali railway section first, but if it doesn’t succeed in influencing Uganda’s decision, Rwanda is almost certain to look east to Tanzania for a quicker railway connection to the sea.
Construction of the railway line is one of the major projects supposed to be fast tracked by Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda under a tripartite arrangement, aiming at boosting intra-regional trade by reducing the cost of transporting goods to and from the sea.
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