Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AFP | Electric light railway tracks soar over Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, a rare example of mass transit infrastructure on a continent ruled by ramshackle, diesel-spewing buses. But despite government promises, the roads below are still clogged with traffic 14 months after the light rail system’s opening, …
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By Patrick Kagenda Four years after the two East African governments concessioned their 100 year old 900 kilometer railway line to the Sheltam group headed by Roy Puffet, Sheltam has sold part of its shares to the Ambience Ventures Ltd of the Citadel group of Egypt. Sheltam managed to outwit …
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By Independent Team On April 15, transport ministers of the East African Community countries were locked in a meeting in the Tanzania city, Arusha where the body is headquartered. The topic of their meeting was: Railways Master Plan; the EAC Transport Strategy and Road Sector Development Programme. In attendance was …
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By Michael Madill Rift Valley Railways (RVR) is off the rails. The January 15 deadline for RVR to meet a Shs100b ($50 million) investment commitment expired, triggering action by Kenya and Uganda to revoke RVR’s concession and to negotiate the construction of a competing rail line. Though RVR is fighting …
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By Patrick Kagenda US gives Shs 1.8 trillion for rail link from Dar to Kigali Businessmen and women importing and exporting goods into Uganda often complain about high taxes. But they complain more about the high cost of transport. They say transport costs are the single leading cause of high …
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By Patrick Kagenda Kenya, Uganda governments stuck with bad concession over legal complications When it was signed in November 2006, the Uganda and Kenya governments’25-year concession to Rift Valley Railways (RVR) to run the operations of the Uganda Railway Corporation and the Kenya Railway Corporation was hailed as the “deal …
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By The Independent Reporter Mr. Roy Puffet, was replaced as RVR`s CEO by Mr. Kevin White, an Australian under a new deal that a Kenyan-led management team claimed would turn around the ailing concession. Under the deal announced on August 7, RVR entered a Technical Service Agreement (TSA) with PDL …
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