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Uganda pre-qualified eight groups of companies for a public-private partnership to build and operate a 95-kilometre (59-mile) toll road worth more than $1 billion.
France-based Vinci SA, Strabag SE Austria and Tecnasol Luisa Goncal of Portugal are leading groups in bids for the road linking the capital, Kampala, to Jinja town in the east, Uganda Roads Authority Executive Director Allen Kagina told reporters.
China Communications Company and China First Highway Engineering presented a joint bid, while CCKS Consortium led another group, she said. China Railway Construction Investment Group is bidding with India’s Cube Construction Engineering, while others are Shapoorji Pacconji and South Africa’s Enkula Expressway Consortium.