Infrastructure continues to shape where investment flows and where opportunity thrives. Across East Africa, the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is steadily turning the vision of regional connectivity into reality.
Kenya’s initial 472km Mombasa–Nairobi SGR, launched in 2014, marked the beginning of this journey. The flag-off of the 107km Kisumu–Malaba stretch today in Kisumu, Kenya today by H.E. President William Ruto of Kenya and H.E. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda, completes a nearly 1,000km continuous modern rail link from Mombasa to Malaba.
At the Uganda border, the corridor is set to connect seamlessly with Uganda’s Malaba–Kampala SGR (272 km), now under implementation.
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President Yoweri Museveni reaffirmed Uganda’s commitment, noting: “We’re going to push our part from Malaba to Kampala, from Kampala to Kasese, to Mpondwe, linking with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our plan is to transfer heavy cargo to the railway.”
Once complete, cargo will move directly from Mombasa to Kampala by rail marking a structural shift in freight movement. This will ease pressure on highways, lower transport costs, and improve efficiency across the Northern Corridor.
President Ruto emphasized the broader impact, stating the project “will position Kenya and the East African region as a hub for economic transformation.”
