Rwanda Says Tanzanian Rail Option Is Cheaper, Shorter Than Kenya
- Tanzanian route estimated to be about $100 million cheaper
- Rwanda wants to use Tanzania, Kenya routes in long-term
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Rwanda is focusing on developing proposed rail links to ports on the Indian Ocean through Tanzania first because it’s cheaper and shorter than a route transiting Kenya, Finance Minister Claver Gatete said.
Studies done by member states in the six-nation East African Community showed that the Tanzanian option would cost about $800 million to $900 million, Gatete said in an interview Thursday at the World Economic Forum on Africa in the capital, Kigali. The Kenyan project would cost $1 billion, he said.