Kazungula Bridge project sparks a railways revolution in COMESA states

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

GABORONE: The proposed construction of the long-awaited Kazungula Bridge over the Zambezi River by Botswana and Zambian governments seems to have sparked a railways construction and reconstruction revolution particularly among COMESA member countries.

In East Africa, for instance, reports from the Ugandan capital, Kampala, last month revealed that President Yoweri Museveni’s government was seeking for funds from China for its ambitious railways projects.

Finance ministry officials said Uganda would begin its railways fund-raising drive in China in the first quarter of next year for a planned standard gauge railway network in the East African country.

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Kazungula Bridge project sparks a railways revolution in COMESA states

GABORONE: The proposed construction of the long-awaited Kazungula Bridge over the Zambezi River by Botswana and Zambian governments seems to have sparked a railways construction and reconstruction revolution particularly among COMESA member countries.

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