President Museveni Praises Govt Agencies Rationalization- Commissions SGR

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has praised the rationalization of government agencies saying that this has saved Uganda wastage of government resources to work duplications.

He revealed this while  commissioning the Standard Gauge Railrway(SGR) construction project in Tororo District.

"SGR is another right step towards rationalizing especially in the transport sector".He said.

 " Recently, there was a debate in Parliament regarding rationalization. Why are the Ministry of Transport and UNRA duplicating efforts? Rationalization helps to address such inefficiencies".The President stressed.

 This railway therefore is part of rationalization. Our transport system is irrational. Roads are overcrowded with cars and cargo. This leads to slow movement, increased traffic, and damaged roads. To solve this, cargo must move to railways and waterways, while petroleum products will be transported through pipelines. He added. 

President Museveni noted that, The railway system is cheaper and relatively efficient.

 Transporting a 20-foot container from Mombasa to Kampala by train will cost 50% less than by road. Additionally, it will reduce time to Mombasa for instance to 24 hours from 14 days ( cargo ) and increase passenger speed from 35KPH to 120KPH.

"I am therefore happy to commission this project . I want to thank the Turkish government of President Erdogan. I also thank Yapi Merkezi Holding, they are very active people, I believe we shall do good work together". Remarked President Museveni.