Uganda, April 7 -- With the Chinese increasingly unlikely to fund the 273km Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line from Malaba to Kampala, the Ugandan government has turned to the private sector and non-state actors to help mobilise funding.

Sunday Monitor has learnt that the government has been engaging the Washington-based intergovernmental organisation, the United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Development Goals (UNASDG).

This newspaper has established that President Museveni and other government officials, including the Prime Minister, Ms Robinah Nabbanja, have held several rounds of talks with representatives of the organisation.

Sources close to the presidency told Sunday Monitor that Mr Museveni has so far held two meetings with th...