EAC Railway master plan to be redesigned

ARUSHA -Infrastructure ministers from Partner States of the East African Community (EAC) have called for a new design of the East African Railway Master Plan to cater for links to neighboring countries.  In a meeting held on Friday in Arusha, Tanzania, the ministers recommended that the Canadian consulting firm, CPCS Transcom International Ltd, which is carrying out the Master Plan study, includes railway links to Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) among others. Infrastructure Minister Linda Bihire told The New Times shortly after the meeting that the Master Plan was incomplete and that the consulting firm will, in three months time, come up with the final plan of the railway network in East Africa.