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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) –     Uganda’s government and Turkish construction firm Yapi Merkezi signed a contract to build a 272 kilometre (169 miles) section of railway, in a bid to boost regional trade, a Ugandan official said on Monday. Uganda’s Standard Gauge Railway project coordinator, Perez Wamburu, said the agreement was for the first section of a planned 1,700 km electric rail line. The project will increase trade and reduce…

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Uganda and Turkish construction firm Yapi Merkezi signed a contract on Monday, October 14, to build a 272-kilometre standard gauge railway (SGR) in a bid to boost regional trade,...

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Uganda, Turkish firm Yapi Merkezi ink deal to build standard gauge railway

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The agreement was signed by Uganda’s Works Permanent Secretary, Bageya Waiswa, and Yapi Merkezi’s vice chairman, Erdem Arioglu.

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Uganda, Turkey’s Yapi Merkezi ink deal build standard gauge railway

Uganda signed a contract with Turkey’s Yapi Merkezi on Tuesday to construct a 272-kilometre railway line. The agreement was formalised by Uganda’s Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Works, Bageya Waiswa, and Yapi Merkezi’s Vice Chairman, Erdem Arioglu. Perez Wamburu, the coordinator of Uganda’s Standard Gauge Railway project, stated that this contract is for the first section of a planned 1,700-kilometre electric railway network. The initial…

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Uganda Partners with Turkey's Yapi Merkezi for Rail Project

Uganda’s government and Turkish construction firm Yapi Merkezi signed a contract to build a 272 kilometre (169 miles) section of railway, in a bid to boost regional trade, a Ugandan official said on Monday. Uganda’s Standard Gauge Railway project coordinator, Perez Wamburu, said the agreement was for the first section of a planned 1,700 km […]

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After nine years of striving, the government of Uganda yesterday signed a contract with Turkish contractor Yapı Merkezi to build the first section of the country’s standard gauge railway, New Vision website reports.  
The €2.7bn deal was formalised in the capital Kampala by Bageya Waiswa, the permanent secretary for public works, and Erdem Arıoğlu, the vice chair of Yapı Merkezi.  
Work will begin in November and is expected to take 48 months to…

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Uganda finally signs deal to start building 1,700km railway - Global Construction Review

Uganda has signed a landmark $3bn (£2.3bn) contract with Turkish construction firm Yapi Merkezi to build a 272km section of railway, boosting regional trade and economic integration. The deal, a priority for the Northern Corridor Integration Projects (NCIP), was signed in Kampala by Mr. Waiswa Bageya, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Works and Transport and Yapı Merkezi Holdings Vice Chairman Erdem Arıoğlu. Minister of Works and Transp…

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