Uganda, Turkish company sign sh10.8 trillion railway contract

The project, is expected to cost Uganda a total of €2.7b (about sh10.8 trillion) and is expected to boost regional trade and improve connectivity between Uganda and her neighbours in the East African Community.

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Erdem Arioglu (2nd left), the Vice Chairman Yapı Merkezi, the company that is going construct the Standard Gauge Railway, exchanges documents with Waiswa Bageya (center), Permanent Secretary Ministry of Works and Transport, as Perez Wamburu, the SGR project coordinator, looks on during the signing of SGR contract on Oct. 14, 2024. (Photo by Nicholas Oneal)
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The Uganda Government and Turkish construction firm Yapi Merkezi on October 14, 2024, signed a contract to build a 270-kilometre Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).

The project, is