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President Museveni has said the rehabilitation of the old metre-gauge railway and construction of the new Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) are on track.

Speaking at celebrations to mark 62 years of Independence from the British colonialists, President Museveni said the rehabilitation of the metre-gauge railway from Malaba on the Uganda-Kenya border in Tororo, eastern Uganda, to Gulu and Arua in northern Uganda is almost complete.

He said the twin railroads projects would cut transportation costs for goods and services.

Mr Museveni, who was speaking during the celebrations at Busikho Primary Teachers Training College in Busia District, said construction of the SGR line running from Malaba to Kampala, and onto Kasese in western Uganda, is yet to start but the government has already secured funding and the contractor.

Early this year, the government started engaging the Washington-based intergovernmental organisation, the United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Development Goals, to fund the SGR project, which is described as “the bone marrow of the economy.”

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