RVR at a crossroads as East Africa goes for standard gauge to fix infrastructure mess
A train on service operated by Rift Valley Railways (RVR) passes by near Kampala, March 13, 2012. The future of Kenya-Uganda railway concessionaire Rift Valley Railways (RVR) hangs in the balance. File
With East Africa planning to develop a new wide gauge rail network running from the Kenyan coast to the Central African hinterland on one hand and hostile statements from sections of the political leadership on the other, the future of Kenya-Uganda railway concessionaire Rift Valley Railways (RVR) hangs in the balance.
As Kenya Railways Corporation announced it had completed designs for a new $4.5 billion wide gauge railway line from Mombasa to Malaba, Nairobi and Beijing were putting the final touches to a high profile visit by President Uhuru Kenyatta to China.
