East Africa’s standard gauge politics

East Africa’s rail traffic density is the lowest in the Continent. PHOTO|FILE

What you need to know:

  • Financed and built by the Chinese, it is supposed to link Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan and ease and lower the cost of transporting bulk goods.
  • There is more that binds the eastern African countries than just shared borders and this standard gauge railway. They are also bound by a standard kind of politics.