The Mombasa port faces fresh threats of competition following plans by Uganda to link its new railway line to Tanzania, providing direct access to the rival port of Dar es Salaam.
A Monday report by Reuters news agency cited a document by the Ugandan Ministry of Works and Transport, which said the SGR line would run from the border with Tanzania through the south and southwest of Uganda, ending at the town of Mpondwe on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
