Battle: Dar es Salaam vs Nairobi

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Kuna siku tuliambiwa wanaulinzi bora👇👇 angalia vile wajir ilivochakaa

 

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Uganda plans to go it alone and build 2,700km-long standard gauge railway​

TUESDAY DECEMBER 22 2020​

Trucks form a queue at Koteko on the Bungoma-Malaba road waiting for clearance to enter Uganda. Kenya paused its SGR development in Naivasha, but there is a possibility it could extend it to Malaba. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Summary​

• Northern Corridor Infrastructure project linking Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda has stalled amid political and financial uncertainty.

By MICHAEL WAKABI
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Uganda will build its standard gauge railway even if Kenya fails to extend its line to Malaba, officials say. Construction of the long-delayed SGR will now start in the 2022/2023 fiscal year even as the connection with Kenya remains a sticking point.

The country’s 271-kilometre-long SGR was part of the Northern Corridor Infrastructure project linking Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, but has stalled amid political and financial uncertainty. In all, Uganda is now looking at building 2,700km of SGR with connections to its northern, eastern, southern and western neighbours.

Perez Wamburu, the SGR project co-ordinator, said the prospects of closing a financing deal with China Exim Bank in the coming months are high. He was speaking during a recent end of year briefing for a section of Ugandan media. The parties had narrowed the number of outstanding queries from 27 when the Ministry of Finance reapplied for funding in October 2019, to just three today, he added.

One of the major outstanding issues is the connection with Kenya, which came into doubt after Nairobi paused its SGR development in Naivasha, opting instead to revamp the century old metre-gauge to Kisumu, where it is building a railway cargo transhipment facility. The second query concerns the operations plan for the network and finally, the loan repayment plan.

“I think we have answered all those queries satisfactorily and conclusive talks should start soon after the elections in 2021. The viability of the line under different scenarios remains positive and a Chinese company will operate the network for the duration of the loan repayment period before handing over the assets to Uganda,” Mr Wamburu said.

One of the scenarios Uganda has considered is the viability of the line without a direct interface with the Kenyan system, with the cargo instead being ferried on water to a facility to be developed in Majanji on Lake Victoria. That would allow cargo from South Sudan and North Eastern DR Congo to be shipped to either Mombasa through Kisumu or onward to Dar es Salaam through Mwanza. Another scenario sees Kenya eventually bringing its line all the way to Malaba, while the other one is a hanging line running from Kampala to Malaba.


Mr Wamburu said a direct interface with the Kenyan SGR would be the better option, but the line would still have a positive rate of return under all scenario’s albeit with varying margins. The project is also debt-neutral at this point because the contract fee of $2.26 billion for the first phase is already accounted for under existing stock of $15.5 billion of national debt stock. The decision to proceed with construction is premised on the thinking that by the end of the projected construction period, Kenya would have resolved whatever issues are holding up the extension of its SGR to Malaba. Preconstruction activities continue and at least 120km of the 271km corridor has been secure with 4,800 projected affected persons compensated so far.

“We shall be sitting with Kenya and China Exim to bring clarity to issues of the interconnection but everybody is still committed to this project,” Mr Wamburu said.

Uganda plans to go it alone and build 2,700km-long standard gauge railway

Construction of the long-delayed SGR will now start in the 2022/2023 fiscal year.

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MY TAKE
It is good for Uganda to go it alone and offer a chance for any willing neighbor to tap on what they offer! Tulishawaambia wapoko hata SGR deal na Uganda tutawanyang'anya!
CC: Tony254

Naona wana option mbili kati ya mwanza na kunjoin na kenya i think wata join na Kenya to Mombasa..but lets see...kushusha na kupakia mizigo kutoka portbell naona ina layover time kubwa ..njia nzuri ilikuwa reli kupita Kagera kwenda Direct UG but that Cost will be high

 

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[Tz_one]

Nice Congrats SUA ...na Tz in general we need more of this

 

[Nicxie]

Yani mm labda uniambie njugush nitakuelewa lakini erick omondi sioni anachochekesha kbisaaa😅

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[Shebby01]

My motherland 🇹🇿🇹🇿

 

[NDINDA]

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Weiterleitungshinweis

Naongea mm kama mm erick omondi sioni anachochekesha atleast uniambie njugush kidogo ntakuelewa

 

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Hapa me siwaoneshi mradi bali muangalie tandale japo kwa mbali kidogo ila ukiangalia unaweza kuona bati za nyumba jirani na mradi.
Iyo ni tandale mnaiitaga slum embu oneni hapo kuna slum inanyumba kama izo duniani?

 

[Geza Ulole]

Naona wana option mbili kati ya mwanza na kunjoin na kenya i think wata join na Kenya to Mombasa..but lets see...kushusha na kupakia mizigo kutoka portbell naona ina layover time kubwa ..njia nzuri ilikuwa reli kupita Kagera kwenda Direct UG but that Cost will be high

wewe ni bwege wa wapi kutojua kuna wagon ferries kuvusha cargo trains? Au ulikimbia vipindi vya lugha?

 

[Simon]

Leo Ubalozi kwa kushirikiana na Makampuni (17) ya kusafirisha Watalii wa daraja la juu (High-end tourists) ya China umezindua programu maalum ya "Post-card" kwa ajili ya kutangaza utalii wa Tanzania katika soko la China. Miongoni mwa makampuni hayo ilikuwepoChina International Travel Services (CITS) inayoongoza katika usafirishaji wa watalii nje ya Nchi.

Kupitia pgm hiyo, "post-cards" zimesainiwa na Balozi na Mwakilishi wa Ethiopian Airlines na kesho zitapelekwa Tanzania na Shirika hilo ambapo wawakilishi wa Makampuni hayo (17) watapanda Mlima Kilimanjaro hadi kufikia kileleni tarehe 1 Januari 2021 na kupiga picha na "post-cards" hizo

Post-cards hizo zitarejeshwa nchini China na kugawiwa kwa wateja (premiere customers) 4000 wa Makampuni hayo (17) wakati wa Mwaka Mpya wa Kichina utakaoadhimishwa kuanzia tarehe 11-17 Februari 2021.

Programu hiyo mbali na kuitangaza nchi yetu katika soko la China, itawezesha Makampuni ya Utalii yanayoshiriki kuonesha upendo na kujali wateja wao ambao katika kipindi cha Mwaka 2020 hawajaweza kusafiri nje ya China kwasababu ya janga la COVID19. Aidha, kitendo cha "post-card" kuweza kupandishwa katika Kilele cha Mlima Kilimanjaro siku ya tarehe 1 Januari 2021 kitatoa matumaini kwa wateja wao kwamba mwaka mpya utakuwa ni wa baraka na wataweza kufika kilele cha matarajio na mipango yao kwa mwaka 2021 ikiwa ni pamoja na kusafiri nje ya nchi baada ya kukaa ndani mwaka mzima.

 

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Leo Ubalozi kwa kushirikiana na Makampuni (17) ya kusafirisha Watalii wa daraja la juu (High-end tourists) ya China umezindua programu maalum ya "Post-card" kwa ajili ya kutangaza utalii wa Tanzania katika soko la China. Miongoni mwa makampuni hayo ilikuwepoChina International Travel Services (CITS) inayoongoza katika usafirishaji wa watalii nje ya Nchi.

Kupitia pgm hiyo, "post-cards" zimesainiwa na Balozi na Mwakilishi wa Ethiopian Airlines na kesho zitapelekwa Tanzania na Shirika hilo ambapo wawakilishi wa Makampuni hayo (17) watapanda Mlima Kilimanjaro hadi kufikia kileleni tarehe 1 Januari 2021 na kupiga picha na "post-cards" hizo

Post-cards hizo zitarejeshwa nchini China na kugawiwa kwa wateja (premiere customers) 4000 wa Makampuni hayo (17) wakati wa Mwaka Mpya wa Kichina utakaoadhimishwa kuanzia tarehe 11-17 Februari 2021.

Programu hiyo mbali na kuitangaza nchi yetu katika soko la China, itawezesha Makampuni ya Utalii yanayoshiriki kuonesha upendo na kujali wateja wao ambao katika kipindi cha Mwaka 2020 hawajaweza kusafiri nje ya China kwasababu ya janga la COVID19. Aidha, kitendo cha "post-card" kuweza kupandishwa katika Kilele cha Mlima Kilimanjaro siku ya tarehe 1 Januari 2021 kitatoa matumaini kwa wateja wao kwamba mwaka mpya utakuwa ni wa baraka na wataweza kufika kilele cha matarajio na mipango yao kwa mwaka 2021 ikiwa ni pamoja na kusafiri nje ya nchi baada ya kukaa ndani mwaka mzima.

 

[Tz_one]

wewe ni bwege wa wapi kutojua kuna wagon ferries kuvusha cargo trains? Au ulikimbia vipindi vya lugha?

Cha kwanza mm sio bwege... Na pia inaokena una panic ovyo na unashida kufikiri vizuri
Cha pili nimekwambia kwamba loading and unloading time ni disadvantegous kwa upande wa Tz...compared na Mombasa..ambapo reli inaenda straight

So ili Tz kuwa na advantage hio..i see a direct line thtough Geita to Kagera then Uganda will be more beneficial kwetu ili mzgo ukishapakiwa Uganda unafika Dar direct

 

[Mr bongo]

Cha kwanza mm sio bwege... Na pia inaokena una panic ovyo na unashida kufikiri vizuri
Cha pili nimekwambia kwamba loading and unloading time ni disadvantegous kwa upande wa Tz...compared na Mombasa..ambapo reli inaenda straight

So ili Tz kuwa na advantage hio..i see a direct line thtough Geita to Kagera then Uganda will be more beneficial kwetu ili mzgo ukishapakiwa Uganda unafika Dar direct

Hii standard gauge bana. Naona mpka leo phase 3, phase 4,phase 5 hazijapewa mkandarasi na ujenzi wenywe ndo uo unachukua miaka kwa vyovyote vile kukamilika itakua zaidi ya 2026. So swali ni kwamba uganda wataweza kusubiria hii yetu mpka ikamilike waunge ya kwao??