A railway line connecting Tanga and Kilimanjaro to Mombasa port is in the offing as Nairobi officially kick-started a mega railway project connecting Mombasa, Kampala and Kigali.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said while inaugurating the cross- border railway line project that allegations that Nairobi has teamed up with Kampala and Kigali to isolate Dar es Salaam and Bujumbura ‘’are simply politics.’’
“The time for politics is over and now it’s time to work so let’s stop the talking,” said Mr Kenyatta after one Mombasa provincial official warned against plans to isolate Tanzania in the process of East African integration. President Kenyatta said the Mombasa, Kampala to Kigali railway line is just the beginning of implementing a regional integration project which will later extend to Kilimanjaro and Tanga.
“This is just the beginning as we move towards integration of East Africa region,” the Kenyan leader pointed out as five EAC leaders converge in the Ugandan capital for a summit on Saturday.
Reiterating that time for politics is over and that the Jubilee administration was moving towards implementation of the EAC integration, Mr Kenyatta emphasised that no member country in the region is being isolated.
The 13.5 billion-railway project linking the Kenyan port of Mombasa to Kigali branching to Kampala is due for completion in 2018. The 2,935 kilometre line is one of several big infrastructure projects in the East African Community (EAC) region.
Source: {{Tanzania Daily News}}
Additional Reporting:{{ IGIHE}}
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