Rais Samia kuhudhuria mkutano wa COP31 nchini Uturuki
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has departed Tanzania for Turkey to attend COP31
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, the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

While in Turkey, she will address the Heads of State and Government Summit, participate in a high-level session on clean cooking energy in Africa, and hold bilateral talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
 
Trying hard to be accepted using international platforms. We know the drill, she will ask someone to prepare a hot speech for her, give the speech in Turkey and get commendations and limelight for supporting victims of climate change. I hope she will be ignored for her many sins against her own people.

What a waste of national resources.
 
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has departed Tanzania for Turkey to attend COP31View attachment 3707595, the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

While in Turkey, she will address the Heads of State and Government Summit, participate in a high-level session on clean cooking energy in Africa, and hold bilateral talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Is Lucas Mwashambwa aware?
 
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has departed Tanzania for Turkey to attend COP31View attachment 3707595, the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

While in Turkey, she will address the Heads of State and Government Summit, participate in a high-level session on clean cooking energy in Africa, and hold bilateral talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Kuna cha maana anachokwenda kuongea au anakwenda kusoma risala aliyoandaliwa kama kawaida yake?
 
Aidha, Rais Samia anatarajiwa kukutana na mwenyeji wake, Rais wa Uturuki, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, kwa mazungumzo yatakayohusu masuala mbalimbali ya ushirikiano baina ya mataifa hayo.

26 October 2026

PROF. MBARAWA ISSUES STERN WARNING TO YAPI MERKEZI A Turkish contractor over delays on $909mn standard-gauge railway section​


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By bne IntelliNews October 27, 2026
Tanzania has warned Turkish construction company Yapi Merkezi over delays on the $909.1mn Tabora–Isaka section of its Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), after a Chinese subcontractor reportedly achieved as much progress in two months as the main contractor had delivered over four years.

Transport Minister Makame Mbarawa issued the warning on October 26 in Bukene, on the third day of an inspection tour of SGR Lots 3 to 6, saying the government would not tolerate continued underperformance on strategic infrastructure projects, according to The Citizen on October 27.

Mbarawa said China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), brought in to accelerate construction, completed work equivalent to 5% of the project during September and October, matching the progress he attributed to Yapi Merkezi over the preceding four years.

The government had considered terminating Yapi Merkezi’s contract, Mbarawa said.

“After conducting an assessment, the government established that removing the contractor outright could have led to further delays and financial challenges. We therefore advised the contractor to engage a capable subcontractor to support the project,” Mbarawa said.

He added that the government could not unilaterally force the contractor to adopt an arrangement outside the contractual framework.

The Tabora–Isaka section, designated Lot 4, covers 165 kilometres, comprising 130 kilometres of main line and 35 kilometres of sidings and passing loops. Yapi Merkezi signed the contract, valued at $909.1mn including value-added tax, in July 2022, with a 42-month construction period.

The section forms part of Tanzania’s wider SGR network, intended to connect the port of Dar es Salaam with Mwanza on Lake Victoria and improve freight links to neighbouring landlocked countries.

Government targets 2028 completion

Mbarawa expressed optimism that the faster pace of construction would increase the chances of completing Tabora–Isaka in 2028, although he did not announce a revised contractual deadline.

He credited Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) with managerial and technical oversight that had helped restore momentum to the delayed project, and stressed that public spending on the SGR must deliver value for money.

TRC director general Machibya Shiwa said the corporation would continue closely supervising the project, ensuring the availability of construction materials and tightening expenditure controls. Contractors have also been instructed to submit daily work plans covering activities such as bridge construction and railway embankments.

Construction on Lots 3 and 4, including the adjoining 294-kilometre Makutupora–Tabora section, has also been reorganised into five smaller work areas to accelerate implementation, Mbarawa said.

On October 24, Mbarawa said TZS3.67 trillion (approximately $1.39bn) in financing secured in 2025 was available to support construction of Lots 3 and 4, covering a combined 424 kilometres of main railway line.

He attributed delays primarily to contractors’ planning and implementation problems rather than insufficient financing, explaining that disbursements depended on contractors submitting interim payment certificates for completed work.

The Finance Ministry signed a $1.277bn financing agreement for the Makutupora–Isaka sections in April, arranged by Standard Chartered as a syndicated export credit facility backed by European export credit agencies SACE, EKN and KUKE. The government has not clarified how the TZS3.67 trillion figure relates to that agreement.

The delays on Lot 4 have complicated efforts to extend the railway towards Mwanza and strengthen freight connections between Tanzania’s Indian Ocean port and inland markets.

Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba in September ordered an acceleration of SGR works serving the Lake Zone, naming Isaka–Tabora among the sections to be expedited and setting a 2030 target for passenger services between Mwanza and Dodoma.

Yapi Merkezi is also building Uganda’s Malaba–Kampala SGR, where its contract came under political pressure in June after army chief Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba claimed it had been cancelled, a statement not confirmed by Uganda’s works ministry.

Yapi Merkezi remains the main contractor on Tabora–Isaka, with CCECC assisting construction as the government seeks to meet its 2028 completion target


IN SWAHILI

26 October 2026
Bukene, TANZANIA

Tanzania yamuonya vikali mkandarasi wa Uturuki kuhusu ucheleweshaji wa ujenzi sehemu ya reli ya kiwango cha SGR RELI mpya kinacho gharimu dola milioni 909​


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Na bne IntelliNews Oktoba 27, 2026
Tanzania imeionya kampuni ya ujenzi ya Uturuki ya Yapi Merkezi kuhusu kucheleweshwa kwa sehemu ya slot / kipande cha Tabora-Isaka yenye thamani ya dola milioni 909.1 ya Reli yake ya Standard Gauge (SGR), baada ya sub contractor (mkandarasi mdogo) wa CCECC ya China kuripotiwa kufanya kazi ya ujenzi kwa kasi kubwa katika miezi miwili tofauti na mkandarasi mkuu YAPI MERKEZI wa Uturuki alivyofanya kwa zaidi ya miaka minne.

Waziri wa Uchukuzi Profesa Makame Mbarawa alitoa onyo hilo mnamo Oktoba 26, 2026 huko Bukene, siku ya tatu ya ziara ya ukaguzi wa SGR Lot 3 hadi 6, akisema serikali haitavumilia kuendelea kwa utendaji duni katika miradi ya miundombinu ya kimkakati uliofanywa na YAPI MERKEZI ya Uturuki.

Profesa Makame Mbarawa alisema Shirika la Ujenzi la Uhandisi wa Kiraia la China (CCECC), ilibenesha kuwa sub contractor wa ujenzi wa mradi huo ili kuharakisha ujenzi, lilikamilisha kazi sawa na 5% ya mradi huo wakati wa Septemba na Oktoba 2026, sawa na maendeleo aliyoyahusisha na Yapi Merkezi katika kipindi cha miaka minne iliyopita.

Serikali ilikuwa imefikiria kusitisha mkataba wa Yapi Merkezi, Prof. Mbarawa alisema.

"Baada ya kufanya tathmini, serikali ilibaini kuwa kumwondoa mkandarasi moja kwa moja kungeweza kusababisha ucheleweshaji zaidi na changamoto za kifedha. Kwa hivyo tulimshauri mkandarasi kumtafuta mkandarasi mdogo Sub Contractor kampuni ya CCECC China mwenye uwezo ili kusaidia mradi huo," Mbarawa alisema.

Aliongeza kuwa serikali haiwezi kumlazimisha mkandarasi mmoja mmoja kupitisha mpango nje ya mfumo wa mkataba.

Sehemu ya Tabora–Isaka, iliyoteuliwa kuwa Lot 4, inashughulikia kilomita 165, ikiwa na kilomita 130 za njia kuu na kilomita 35 za sidings na loops za kupita.

Kampuni ya Uturuki ya Yapi Merkezi ilisaini mkataba, wenye thamani ya $909.1mn ikijumuisha kodi ya ongezeko la thamani, mnamo Julai 2022, na kipindi cha ujenzi cha miezi 42.

Sehemu hii ni sehemu ya mtandao mpana wa SGR wa Tanzania, unaokusudiwa kuunganisha bandari ya Dar es Salaam na Mwanza kwenye Ziwa Victoria na kuboresha viungo vya mizigo kwenda nchi jirani zisizo na bandari.

Serikali inalenga kukamilika kwa mwaka 2028

Profesa Mbarawa alielezea matumaini kwamba kasi ya ujenzi itaongeza nafasi za kukamilisha Tabora-Isaka mwaka wa 2028 baada ya mkandarasi mdogo CCECC kujitwisha mzigo kazi alioushindwa YAPI MERKEZI , ingawa hakutangaza tarehe ya mwisho ya mkataba iliyorekebishwa.

Alisifu Shirika la Reli Tanzania (TRC) kwa usimamizi wa usimamizi na kiufundi ambao ulisaidia kurejesha kasi ya mradi uliocheleweshwa na kampuni wa YAPI MERKEZI, na kusisitiza kwamba matumizi ya fedha za umma kwenye ujenzi wa reli ya SGR lazima yatoe picha halisi ya thamani ya pesa iliyotolewa kukamilisha mradi huo wa reli ya SGR .

Mkurugenzi mkuu wa TRC Machibya Shiwa alisema shirika hilo litaendelea kusimamia mradi huo kwa karibu, kuhakikisha upatikanaji wa vifaa vya ujenzi na kuimarisha udhibiti wa matumizi. Wakandarasi pia wameagizwa kuwasilisha mipango ya kazi ya kila siku inayohusu shughuli kama vile ujenzi wa madaraja na tuta za reli.

Ujenzi wa vipande kazi (slots) vya 3 na 4, ikijumuisha sehemu ya Makutupora-Tabora yenye urefu wa kilomita 294 , pia imepangwa upya katika maeneo slots ndogo ndogo tano ili kuharakisha utekelezaji, Profesa Mbarawa alisema.

Mnamo Oktoba 24, Mbarawa alisema TZS3.67 trilioni (takriban dola bilioni 1.39) katika ufadhili uliopatikana mwaka wa 2025 ulipatikana kusaidia ujenzi wa Kitongoji cha 3 na 4, kinachofunika kilomita 424 za reli kuu.

Alihusisha ucheleweshaji hasa na matatizo ya mipango na utekelezaji wa wakandarasi badala ya ufadhili usiotosha, akielezea kwamba utoaji wa fedha ulitegemea wakandarasi kuwasilisha vyeti vya malipo ya muda kwa kazi iliyokamilika.

Wizara ya Fedha ilisaini makubaliano ya ufadhili wa dola bilioni 1.277 kwa ajili ya sehemu za Makutupora-Isaka mwezi Aprili, yaliyopangwa na Standard Chartered kama kituo cha mikopo ya mauzo ya nje kinachoungwa mkono na mashirika ya mikopo ya mauzo ya nje ya Ulaya SACE, EKN na KUKE. Serikali haijafafanua jinsi takwimu ya TZS3.67 trilioni inavyohusiana na makubaliano hayo.

Kuchelewa kwa kipande (slot) ya 4 ya kipande cha reli cha SGR kumesababisha ugumu katika juhudi za kupanua reli kuelekea Mwanza na kuimarisha miunganisho ya mizigo kati ya bandari ya Bahari ya Hindi ya Tanzania na masoko ya ndani.

Waziri Mkuu Mwigulu Lameck Nchemba mnamo Septemba aliamuru kuharakishwa kwa kazi za SGR zinazohudumia Kanda ya Ziwa, akitaja Isaka-Tabora miongoni mwa sehemu zitakazoharakishwa na kuweka lengo la 2030 la huduma za abiria kati ya Mwanza na Dodoma.

Yapi Merkezi pia inajenga SGR ya Malaba-Kampala nchini Uganda, ambapo mkataba wake ulikumbwa na shinikizo la kisiasa mwezi Juni baada ya mkuu wa jeshi Jenerali Muhoozi Kainerugaba kudai kuwa umefutwa , taarifa ambayo haijathibitishwa na wizara ya ujenzi ya Uganda.

Yapi Merkezi inasalia kuwa mkandarasi mkuu huko Tabora–Isaka, huku CCECC ikisaidia ujenzi huku serikali ikilenga kufikia lengo lake la kukamilika kwa mradi wa 2028
Source : intellinews.com

Mhandisi: Reli ya SGR mpya kuchukua miaka 15 kumalizika​

 
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