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The Kenya-Uganda railway is completed

Date
26 Dec 1901
Updated
30 Sep 2019
The Kenya-Uganda railway is completed

The Uganda railway line in Kenya was seen as a very ambitious infrastructure at its inception with the cost of the project causing most of the controversy. The railway was built by the British East Africa Company and stretched from Mombasa to Kisimu. Construction of the railway began in the 1890s and was completed in 1901. The railway line, administered by a single body, the East Africa Railway and Harbours, became non-operative when the East Africa Community broke up. The break up meant each country ran its own railway systems. The railway, which had now been expanded to span three countries Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania slowly collapsed in each country.

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  1. 01The Nairobi Chronicle (2008). ‘Kenya ”“ Uganda railway: A short story’ from The Nairobi Chronicle [online]. Available at https://nairobichronicle.wordpress.com[Accessed 22 November 2011]
  2. 02The Julia Project (2011). ‘Kenya History, Kenya Past to Present’ from the Julia Project [online] Available at: www.thejuliaproject.com[accessed on 22 November 2011]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, December 13). The Kenya-Uganda railway is completed . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071092

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