Kenya, Tanzania renew drive to link SGR with neighbours

Construction officially begins on the Naivasha–Kisumu–Malaba Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project at Kibos in Kisumu County on July 2, 2026.  

Photo credit: Alex Odhiambo | Nation Media Group

Kenya and Tanzania have renewed a drive to connect their standard gauge railway (SGR) projects with land-locked neighbours Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi amid pressure to diversify funding sources for the undertakings.

Last month, Kenya broke ground on extension of its railway line from Naivasha, six years after the project stalled, to Kisumu and the border town of Malaba, which would bring the project to the doorstep of Uganda.

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