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News18 Apr 2017

Uganda has refused to accept Kenya's termination of Rift Valley Railways' concession to operate the established rail link between Mombasa, N...

News20 Mar 2017

An electronic cargo tracking system has been introduced in East Africa to prevent theft and tampering, as well as speeding up freight transp...

News11 Feb 2017

Qalaa Holdings has announced that it will sell its majority stake in Rift Valley Railways, the narrow gauge railway that runs from the Port ...

News28 Dec 2016

The Uganda Clearing Industry and Forwarding Association (UCIFA) has asked Tanzania to reduce transit charges for its traders passing through...

News23 Jul 2016

Kigali has surprisingly opted to develop a new railway to Tanzania rather than the alternative route to Kenya...

News1 Oct 2012

One the main trade bodies in landlocked Uganda has announced that its members will switch their business from the Kenyan port of Mombasa to ...

News8 Sep 2011

Rift Valley Railways (RVR) has announced that it has secured US$164M in funding to help speed up the pace of rail rehabilitation on the Momb...

News27 Apr 2011

The revamped Rift Valley Railways (RVR) has increased its tariffs on the main Mombasa-Uganda rail line...

News17 Apr 2010

Egyptian firm Citadel Capital has now completed its purchase of Sheltam Rail’s 39% stake in Rift Valley Railways (RVR), the operator of mo...

News19 Mar 2010

Egyptian firm Citadel Capital has purchased a 49% stake in South African firm Sheltam Railways that gives it 17.5% equity in troubled Rift V...

News8 May 2009

The railway linking the Kenyan port of Mombasa with Nairobi and Kampala in Uganda has again been targeted by violent protests...

News1 Oct 2007

Uganda is to develop a new bonded car depot at Mombasa to handle vehicles bound for the country. The facility will be developed by Uganda Pr...

News1 Feb 2006

After over a century of state control, the railway lines serving the ports of Mombasa and Dar es Salaam are to be managed by private sector ...

News1 Sep 2004

Delays at the Kenyan port of Mombasa have become so serious that the Kenya International Freight and Warehousing Association (KIFWA) has ask...

News1 May 2004

Transport times between Uganda and the Kenyan port of Mombasa have been cut thanks to the streamlining of Kenyan and Ugandan railway operati...