The data further shows that by December 2023, the refurbishment of the Mukono–Namanve line was at 78.2 percent physical progress, while the Namanve–Kampala line was completed, with railway services resuming in May 2024, as well as continued rehabilitation of the metre gauge railway from Tororo to Gulu, whose physical progress is currently at 32 percent.
The railway network had suffered from years of neglect, with government concentrating on the implementation of the Standard Gauge Railway, under which, by December 2023, a total of 161.074 acres of land had been acquired out of the planned 312 acres.
However, government has recently backtracked, noting that the two projects – metre gauge and standard gauge will go hand-in-hand to reduce movement of cargo on roads.
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