President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni, at State House Nairobi, December 19, 2017. [Photo/PSCU]President Uhuru Kenyatta has briefed his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni on investments at the Port of Mombasa, including the operation of the second container terminal, which increased the port’s overall capacity to 1.65 million containers. This is the first phase of a three-stage project, which, when completed, will bring the total capacity of the port to 2.7 million containers per year. The modernisation programme has resulted in reduced average time to import and export goods through the port of Mombasa - from 11 days to under 3.5 days, and work for even greater efficiency continues.Phase Two of the SGR from Nairobi to Naivasha is also moving on schedule and is due to be commissioned in 2019. Both presidents agreed on working jointly on taking the SGR line from Naivasha to Kisumu and onwards to Malaba on the border with Uganda. The line to Kisumu will also serve Uganda through the Lake Victoria ports of Jinja, Masaka and Entebbe.President Museveni said Uganda was ready and committed to the SGR project, and would work with Kenya to achieve its commitment.He arrived in Kenya on Tuesday for an official visit.

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