Wacha tuendelee kutumia diesel. Meanwhile, Kenya Railways has been making billions in revenue since operations started in 2017 wakati nyinyi bado mnangoja sijui bwawa gani limaliziae kwanza 😁.
This is a Kenyan SGR train carrying double stacked cargo from Mombasa to Naivasha. That is the main difference between Kenya's SGR and Tanzanian SGR. Yetu ni class 1 SGR meaning it allows for double stacking of containers while yours is Class II SGR; meaning no double stacking, na hata mkijaribu kulazimisha mtaharibu hizo overhead cables zenye mnajigamba nazo 🤣. Yenu was designed for passengers huku yetu ilikuwa designed for cargo.
More revenue is realized in freighting cargo than transporting people that is why Kenya opted for the Class I SGR. And also, diesel trains are most efficient in transporting cargo since their maintenance and operational costs are lower than Electric trains. Also, our SGR can be electrified and we will electrify it once we have enough installed power capacity. Right now we are focusing on ensuring every household is connected to the grid and we are at nearly 80% of the population, one of the highest in Africa. Nyie less than 40 % of your population has access to electricity na mko huku mnajigamba ati Electric Train 😁. Hiyo bwawa mnajenga won't have any major difference either. Look at Ethiopia who also have an electrified SGR from Addis Ababa to Djibouti, they experience frequent power snarl ups and delays, sometimes the train just stops in the middle of nowhere for more than 48 hours, yet they have the BIGGEST hydroelectric dam in Arica, THE GRAND RENNAISANCE DAM.
Kwa hivyo, wacha sisi tuendelee kutumia diesel SGR, we will electrify when we feel like 😁. Wacha kwanza ifike kwa border ya Uganda alafu tuone nani atakuwa anajigamba.
Here is Kenya's SGR carrying Double Stacked Cargo
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPm7YdCXKP4
