{{Rwanda is seeking to hire a consultant to conduct feasibility study on Kampala-Kigali railway line.}}
The Railwayline is part of the greater regional project connecting Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda aimed at improving transportation of goods on the Northern Corridor.
The northern Corridor links regional countries to the port of Mombasa, which serves Uganda, Rwanda, eastern DR Congo, Burundi, northern Tanzania and South Sudan.
Josephine Uwineza, the director of railway and marine transport at Rwanda Transport Development Agency told local daily that, “there are no development partners or private investors who have committed to finance the project but governments of the three countries are enthusiastic about it and will mobilise the funds.”
The Government of Rwanda is optimistic that by end of the year.
The project that is expected to be completed in 2018 will cost an estimated $3.5 billion and the three member countries will jointly mobilise funds to kick-start it.
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