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Construction to standard gauge of the Mombasa – Nairobi – Malaba – Kampala - Kigali line (with Malaba – Nimule – Juba spur)

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Informations de base

Project Title	Construction to standard gauge of the Mombasa – Nairobi – Malaba – Kampala - Kigali line (with Malaba – Nimule – Juba spur)
PIDA Sector	Transport
PIDA Sub-sector	Rail
Member States	Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda
Region	Eastern Africa
Beneficiary Countries	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda
Regional Economic Community	East African Community (EAC)
Project Institution	Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, Kenya / Ministry of Transport and Works, Uganda / Ministry of Infrastructure, Rwanda

Alignement stratégique et engagement régional

Source in the National Master Plan	Northern Corridor Integration Project / Standard Gauge Railway Protocol between Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan /
Source in the REC Master Plan	EAC Transport Strategy / EAC Heads of State Priority Infrastructure Projects; EAC PIDA Multi-modal Multi-corridor Projects
Brief Description of the Project	The project commences at the port city of Mombasa and covers a distance of 480 km to Nairobi and then 120km to Naivasha. It then proceeds 500km westwards to the Kenya/Uganda border through Kisumu. On the Ugandan side, the project covers the 250km Malaba - Kampala section and the spur from Tororo to Gulu via Soroti
Objective and Rationale for the Project	The objective of the SGR line is to enhance cargo haulage along the Northern Corridor by providing a complimentary transport mode in addition to the dominant road transport mode.
Location/Site	Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan
Image/Map Files	Map-Mombasa-Kampala-SGR-line.png
Existing or Planned Projects along the proposed project	The project serves an existing infrastructure asset of another sector, but there is more than 50% overlap in the geography serviced by the proposed project and the other sector existing asset.
Please provide more details for your choice above	There is an existing road transport corridor alongside the proposed SGR route, whose capacity is overwhelmed by the large volume of mixed traffic that traverses it.
Technical Specifications of the Project	High speed trains travelling at 160 kph
Market Size	The project affects 20% the populations of the four countries (this is the proportion of cargo transported by rail): 10 million in Kenya, 9 million in Uganda
Project Financial (in USD)	19.2 billion
Gender Procurement actions	Specific aspects of the project shall be reserved for women-owned SMEs. These include sub-contracts for provision of social ameneties (restaurants, wellness centres), labour intensive works like landscaping, tree planting, drainage lining and advocacy against the spread of communicable diseases.
Last Milestone Known	S3A - Project Structuring

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