Overview

China Harbour Engineering Company sponsors training in standard gauge railway construction for 10 Uganda People's Defense Force engineers

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•UgandaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•UgandaSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Aug 1, 2017

Start (actual): Oct 17, 2017

End (actual): Jan 16, 2018

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

China Harbour Engineering Co., Ltd. (CHEC)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF)

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Shijiazhuang Tiedao University

Loan description

China Harbour Engineering Company sponsors training in standard gauge railway construction for 10 Uganda People's Defense Force engineers

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In January 2018, a group of 10 military engineers from the Uganda People's Defense Force completed a 92-day training program in Hebei Province, China, sponsored by China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC). This was held at Shijiazhuang Tiedao University. The goal of the program was to sufficiently prepare the engineers with the necessary skills to construct the SGR line that will connect Uganda to the neighboring seaport of Mombasa in Kenya; CHEC has been contracted with the construction of this SGR (Record ID#60987, #59748, #37103, #31777, #47025, #66042, #52929, #52354). A memorandum of understanding was signed in August 2017 to this effect. The training program started on October 11, 2017, and the completion ceremony was held on January 16, 2018. The SGR railway is being funded by the China Eximbank, though it is unclear whether or not any of this funding went into this training program.