Last Updated 14 years ago by Kenya Engineer
Kenya Railways has announced plans to search for a strategic partner to run the rail passenger services as the six-year concession contract with Rift Valley Railways (RVR) expires in June next year.
The parastatal has contracted Deloitte East Africa, a consultancy firm to establish terms for the next concessionaire and determine whether RVR could be considered for another term or the concession should be awarded to another party.
RVR won a 25-year concession to run the 2,352km Kenya-Uganda railway in November 2006 but passenger business covered five years of the contract and was extended by 21 months in 2008.The performance of the firm has however failed to live up to the expectation of Kenya and Uganda governments attributing it to lack o technical muscle on the side of the lead investor.
The Kenyan government is in the process of revamping the railway sector so as to reduce traffic on the roads especially in and out of Nairobi. The plan will see to the building of a light railway line that will link Nairobi city centre to satellite towns of Kikuyu, Thika, Ruiru, Athi River, Kitengela, Machakos, Limuru and Kajiado.A new line will also be built to connect the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to the city centre via the existing Embakasi station.
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