Uganda will ask Turkish firm Yapi Merkezi to secure financing for a $2.2 billion rail link to the Kenyan port of Mombasa and is eyeing export credit agencies as potential sources, a senior official told Reuters. The Turkish construction company had previously confirmed a memorandum of understanding was signed with the Ugandan government for a potential deal to construct a 273 km (170 miles) railway project linking the capital Kampala to Kenya’s own rail to access the Indian Ocean seaport.