This follows the signing of a Sh200 billion ($1.92 billion) deal with the Tanzanian government to undertake the project that includes the replacement of the existing century-old narrow gauge line with a new standard-gauge railway line.
According to the firm’s vice chairman Erdem Arioglu, the deal to build the second phase of the 1,224-km standard gauge railway that will eventually connect Dar es Salaam to Mwanza, is “one of the biggest agreements signed by a single Turkish contractor abroad”.
So hakuna cha "tulitoa pesa cash tena"
But Tanzanians have a funny way of doing things, frankly let me ask, how does one launch a phase II of a project when the 1st phase has not begun yet... Is it sensible?
Kenya's phase 2 was so quiet while it's almost 50% finished by now. Your's was really hyped