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RWANDA HOLDS TALKS WITH U.S. RAILWAY EXPERTS
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PRESIDENT KAGAME of Rwanda has held talks with a delegation from the United States-based BNSF Railway Corporation, in a bid to expedite the construction of the railway connecting Rwanda to other regional countries. According to the BNSF Assistant Vice-President, John Orrison, the discussions revolved around kick-starting the railway line that will link Kigali to Tanzania's dry port of
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Orrison is a member of a body of Americans helping Rwanda in various backbone sectors such as infrastructure, transport, water and sanitation.
He is also a member of the Friends for Rwanda. He noted that the team was in the country to provide expertise in the process of starting the railway project.
Orrison said that they had also approached authorities in the Tanzania Ports Authority and Railways Corporation, bodies charged with overseeing the railways sector in the East African country.
Flanked by team mates Dennis Voisard and James Carter, Orrison explained that the Tanzanian government has expressed interest in the proposed Isaka-Kigali railway venture and that Rwanda needed to brace the strategies aimed at facilitating the construction of the transport line.
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