Besides reducing on wagons, staff, did they invest into IT mapping technologies to allow their clients to track shipments like eg fedex, dhl? I saw the article on the 160kph intended speeds by 2011, but Uganda is one real patient neighbor. Forget speeds, what about goods shipments? Public, Private arrangements can also mean looking very very hard under the carpets to see what dirt has been swept under by former owners/managers etc. There is bound to be filth beyond imagination.............. Here's a line that summarizes the state of credit facilities : " The company’s Executive chairman Brown Ondego swore an affidavit in court stating that the claim of Sh335 million was exaggerated because statements of accounts show that more than Sh314 million had been paid leaving a balance of Sh21 million." http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144019281&cid=14&