Uganda’s flagship Standard Gauge Railway is moving closer to implementation. The Kampala–Malaba SGR, valued at more than USD 3 billion, has gained fresh momentum as the government appointed Citibank to help mobilise the financing needed for the project, with discussions also underway involving the World Bank.
The project has had a long road. After earlier efforts to secure funding from China did not succeed, Uganda handed the SGR to Turkish construction firm Yapi Merkezi in 2024. The renewed financing push marks an important step toward turning the plan into active construction. The Ugandan line also forms part of a wider East African network, with neighbouring countries advancing their own sections to connect ports and inland markets across the region.
A railway of this scale is a generational piece of infrastructure. Its impact extends well beyond the tracks themselves: stations, depots, bridges, drainage, and supporting facilities all require substantial civil engineering and building work, and the corridor it opens up tends to spur commercial and residential development around it.
At Home Builders Limited, we see projects like the SGR as a signal of where Uganda is heading. Our work spans building and civil engineering, structural works, and large-scale project management, the very capabilities that major infrastructure demands. As the country builds the backbone of its future transport network, the construction sector has a central role to play, and we’re ready to contribute to it.
Source: Construction Review Online.