World bank ranks: Kenya second on logistics

[Geza Ulole]

Jamaa ukilala unaota eti tunaenda kuipiku Kenya. All of what you are posting here Kenya did long ago. Even KQ will make profits. It made a profit only that it needs to come from the negative. Not that you make a loss of ten shillings then tomorrow you make a profit of 2 shillings and you call it profitability. You need to travel Kenya my friend.

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Peleka upumbavu! How many routes is KQ flying within Kenya? I hear Jambojet has just cancelled Kisumu route. .

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[Edward Wanjala]

The reason why Kenya leads in logistics.
All projects geared to opening every spot in Kenya
Mombasa

(Tanzanians were talking of Three Level Interchange in Dar, It is being Built in Mombasa)

LAPPSET Corridor and some Beautiful Roads

 

[Geza Ulole]

Election pledges....what happened to the bridge project across Mombasa channel?

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[Geza Ulole]

Uganda: Milestone As Uganda, TZ Ink Transport Deal

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Minister for Work, Transport and Communication Prof Makame Mbarawa, right, exchanges documents with his Uganda counterpart Mr Bagiire Aggrey.

By Deogratius Kamagi

Dar es Salaam — Uganda and Tanzania trade is heading into a milestone after the former opted to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation and Improvement of Ports and Inland Waterways and Railway Transport Services.

The MoU will see Uganda, one of the East Africa's landlocked countries, use the port of Dar es Salaam for transporting its cargoes, The Citizen can reveal.

Uganda deems the port of Dar es Salaam as cost effective for transporting its cargoes.

Uganda's minister for Transport Mr Bagiire Aggrey said this yesterday during the signing ceremony of the MoU, explaining that the decision is in line with their plans to improve business of Ugandans within and outside the country.

"We hope that the cost would even go lower after the completion of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza where there is a waterway connection with Uganda," he said.

According to him, the government of Uganda was happy with how Tanzania has improved the Dar es Salaam Port, which provides a good link to other land locked countries.

Mr Aggrey said they had an option of using the Mombasa port, which is the shortest route to Uganda with 1,200 km only, compared to 1,800km from Dar es Salaam, but they preferred the latter.

The minister added that the cost of transporting coffee by train is $120 (about Sh270,000) per ton with an efficient and effective water transport. "With this improvement, the government would save $40 million per year," explained Mr Aggrey. For his part, Tanzanian minister for Works, Transport and Communication Prof Makame Mbarawa promised that the government would keep improving the entire transportation sector with a view to attracting more clients from the neighbouring landlocked countries. He said the SGR project would minimize the delivery time of the Ugandan cargo to Kampala, since the cargo will be arriving at the destination within 24 hours.



Uganda: Transport Deal a Milestone for Regional Trade





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[Edward Wanjala]

Election pledges....what happened to the bridge project across Mombasa channel?

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[Geza Ulole]

Tanzania to host cultural tourism festival to save 4 African languages

Source: Xinhua| 2017-07-19 04:29:08|



ARUSHA, Tanzania, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania is set to host an international cultural tourism festival aimed at conserving, and sustaining four African languages and culture, which are on verge of extinction in the face of rising modernity, organizers said Tuesday.

The festival which will be held in September, this year in Haydom, a rural town in Manyara region north of Tanzania, has been organized by Four Corners Cultural Festival (4CCF) in collaboration with the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB).

Nelson Faustine, project officer of 4CCP, and one of the organizers of the annual cultural event said: "This year's cultural celebration is all about sharing traditional lifestyles, unity, and sharing storytelling through dancing, drumming and singing."

He, however, said they have chosen Hydom as a venue for the event because it is the cultural melting pot centre, in which the four popular ethnolinguistics African tribes meet.

"These are the Bantu, Khoisan, Nilo-Saharan and the Afro-Asiatic. In the neighbourhood the Bantus are represented by Waisenye, Wanyiramba and Wakimbu from Singida region; the Khoisan is represented by Hadzabes."

"While Datogas represent Nilo-Saharan and the Afro-Asiatic family is represented by the Cushitic Iraqw, locals based in the Haydom sprawling rural and laid-back town."

He said that the four languages are on verge of extinction in the face of rising modernity in Tanzania and Africa at large.

"That's why we're meeting to among other things, discuss on how to preserve them for tourism and future generation."

"We want also to use the event as a platform to address issues related to education, environmental conservation, health and community development in a broader perspective ...we've invited local and international leaders and policy makers at the important event," said Nelson.

Paul Fissoo, manager for tourism services, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) also described the September Haydom Cultural Tourism Festival as an important avenue for Tanzania to showcase the country's cultural tourism treasure.

"We view the event as a way of promoting a culture of the area and eventually encourage domestic tourism in the country," Fissoo said, adding that the event is expected to bring on board hundreds of participants from Tanzania and the rest of the world.

TTB spokesman Geoffrey Tengeneza described the festival as key towards promoting Tanzania's cultural tourism.

The festival, according to him, will also help to lift spirits and bring about hope and optimism into understanding the world of culture and part of their heritage.

Tanzania to host cultural tourism festival to save 4 African languages - Xinhua | English.news.cn

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[Geza Ulole]

So u mean seawater passes below that bridge? Acha desperation za kijinga, as far as I know u wanted to put up a structure similar to Kigamboni bridge to ferry people across the channel.

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[Edward Wanjala]

So u mean seawater passes below that bridge? Acha desperation za kijinga, as far as I know u wanted to put up a structure similar to Kigamboni bridge to ferry people across the channel.

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Don't worry, it is called Dongo Kundu Bypass Project and the same project as those images i posted. It means it is under construction and the bridges will start being posted here. It doesn't have one bridge but four across the various channels in the Indian Ocean.

 

[Edward Wanjala]

World class roads are being developed to open every region in Kenya

And Lamu port coming up for the second economic corridor. First 3 Berths pap!!

 

[Geza Ulole]

So any of the bridges similar to stay cable bridge across across Kigamboni Creek?

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[Edward Wanjala]

So any of the bridges similar to stay cable bridge across across Kigamboni Creek?

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And you think what is fancy with having a cable stayed bridge? Really Tanzanians you are funny!! What goes in your minds? What is so much about a cable stayed Bridge? Lol Our Nyali Bridge build many years ago looks way better than that thing you are refering to as "Cable Stayed Bridge"

Even Tana River has Cable stayed bridge! It is no big deal

 

[Geza Ulole]

And you think what is fancy with having a cable stayed bridge? Really Tanzanians you are funny!! What goes in your minds? What is so much about a cable stayed Bridge? Lol Our Nyali Bridge build many years ago looks way better than that thing you are refering to as "Cable Stayed Bridge"

Even Tana River has Cable stayed bridge! It is no big deal

Seriously?

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[Edward Wanjala]

Seriously?

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Remember i was not comparing the quality of Tana River Bridge to Kigamboni but the concept. It is hard to make sense to Tanzanians!!!

 

[Geza Ulole]

Remember i was not comparing the quality of Tana River Bridge to Kigamboni but the concept. It is hard to make sense to Tanzanians!!!

A bridge for what over Tana river? Must be for donkeys..

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[Geza Ulole]

JPM Orders Price Cut On Road Building Deal

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President John Magufuli speaks to PowerChina International Group Limited representatives during the inauguration of the Itigi-Manyoni-Chaya road.

By By Louis Kolumbia

President John Magufuli has ordered the Tanzania National Roads Agency (Tanroads) to enter into renegotiations with the contractor who won the job of constructing the 57-kilometre Mkiwa-Itigi-Makongoros road sighting overpricing.

Addressing a rally at Itigi Town yesterday, President Magufuli, expressing dismay, said the price for construction of the road had been hiked.

According to President Magufuli, allocating Sh104 billion for the project was incurring too much.

"Whether Tanroads regional manager was involved in the negotiations or not the quotation has to be renegotiated. Tanroads chief cxecutive officer (CEO) is here, Sh104 billion should be used to construct a road that is longer than this of 57 kilometres.

"This price shows that a kilometre will cost over Sh1.5 billion," he said.

Although the Head of State didn't reveal how much was required for construction of a kilometre of a paved road, but data shows that the cost ranges between Sh700 million and Sh1 billion.

Dr Magufuli who served as Works minister before he was elected President warned Tanroads to exercise financial discipline in road projects, and ensure that quotations reflected fair prices and there was value for money.

The President said when he was a minister he sacked the agency's CEO over unrealistic quotations.

"Therefore, I won't wait for the minister to act, I will take action immediately. This is one of the ministries I'm watching closely. As for you, CEO, you are doing a good job, but avoid being used by contractors to create huge variances because businesspeople always look for profits," he warned.

Meanwhile, he hailed Tanroads for emerging one of the best performers after they came third in rank behind South Africa and Botswana in spite of serving 35,000 kilometres of road being the longest network as compared to other countries.

"In order to improve Tanroads performance, the government has decided to form another agency that will specifically oversee rural roads in the country's efforts to transform road network, which the fifth phase government believes can be done," he said.

Tanzania: Magufuli Orders Price Cut On Road Building Deal




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[Kafrican]

Peleka upumbavu! How many routes is KQ flying within Kenya? I hear Jambojet has just cancelled Kisumu route. .

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Domestic numbers have hit 10 Million within Kenya! Utakufa na huzuni mwishowe

 

[Kafrican]

Election pledges....what happened to the bridge project across Mombasa channel?

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Its being done in packages , we are still in package one which is mostly on land...
The roads under construction on that project have been posted here many times, its the same projects that passes right next to the airport and the SGR station

The 1st 2 pics taken aboard SGR , you can see how wide the road is

Map of the road

Package 2,3 are the ones that involve several bridges to South coast

 

[Kafrican]

From this pics taken from a KQ plane just lifting off from Mombasa airport, you can see the SGR that the above pics were taken from and right next to it, the road was still in its initial stages, they had just cleared the land

 

[Geza Ulole]

Air Tanzania sets eyes on Bujumbura

BUJUMBURA NEXT FOR AIR TANZANIA AS THIRD BOMBARDIER Q400NEXTGEN EXPECTED IN AUGUST

(Posted 27th July 2017)

When the third brand new Bombardier Q400NextGen is delivered to Air Tanzania next month – real ‘owner’ is a different parastatal body to make it impossible for debtors to go after the airline’s aircraft – does the revived national airline then intend to start services to Burundi’s capital Bujumbura.
The information was received overnight from a regular aviation source in Dar es Salaam.
Reportedly will the new destination be served in conjunction with Kigoma. It could however not be established how many flights per week Bujumbura will see.
Burundi is a close ally of Tanzania in the East African Community and depends to a large extend for both imports and exports on the port of Dar es Salaam, making a direct connection by air key to further expansion of trade links.
This will be the first new regional route for ATCL but more are to follow when additional aircraft – the Tanzanian government has also ordered two Bombardier CS300 jets – will join the fleet in due course.

Air Tanzania sets eyes on Bujumbura

ATCL readies to extend wings to Burundi.

The Director General of the state owned airline company, Mr Ladislaus Matinde said they were optimistic the new Bujumbura -Dar es Salaam route to be introduced would earn the state-owned carrier a slice in the Burundi airspace market share.

“We will go to the Burundi airspace market strategically targeting passengers flying to Dar es Salaam and other domestic destinations from other parts of the world,” he told the ‘Daily News’ in an interview.

ATCL will launch flights to Bujumbura from Dar es Salaam via Kigoma next month to compete with established airlines such as Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, and Brussels Airlines which fly to the capital city of the East African Community member state.

He said they would be prepared for the challenges in the Burundi market due to stiff competition from rivals. Mr Matinde said ATCL will start flights to Burundi pending the arrival of the new aircraft, Dash 8 – Q400 airline expected to jet in anytime next month.

Some handing over logistics will be finalised soon after aviation experts inspect the new aircraft if it meets flight standards.

He said currently ATCL flights fly to 11 destinations namely Kilimanjaro, Tabora, Mwanza, Mbeya, Songea, Mtwara, Bukoba, Dodoma, Zanzibar, Arusha and Kigoma.

He said with the coming of new aircrafts, the company seeks to expand into new destinations within and outside the country.

SOURCE: Daily News

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[Geza Ulole]

Meanwhile...

Talks On Sh67tr Lng Plant Reach Crucial Stage

Tagged:BusinessEast AfricaEnergyTanzania

By Rosemary Mirondo

Dar es Salaam — International oil companies engaged in the construction of a Sh67-trillion) $30-billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project are establishing a commercial framework for the scheme, BusinessWeek has learnt.

The framework will define and compare alternative commercial and financial arrangements involving government and the private sector in a way that addresses the unique attributes of the project.

It basically outlines the rights and obligations of each party (between the government and the investors) in the process of executing major projects such as the LNG one.

BG Tanzania external relations manager Patricia Mhondo told BusinessWeek that the companies have done groundwork to establish the LNG commercial framework.

"The report has been submitted to the government and we are awaiting response," she said.

The Statoil senior vice president and country manager for Tanzania, Mr Oystein Michelson, shared similar sentiments.

He noted that the job of bringing the gas onshore was difficult but noted that the companies were optimistic it could be done.

Reports show that the government announced it will conduct an environmental impact assessment (EIA) at Likong'o Village in Lindi Region where LNG Plant is to be built. Tanzania has found at least 55 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves.

BG Group - which was last year acquired by Royal Dutch Shell - along with Statoil, Exxon Mobil and Ophir Energy plan to build the onshore LNG export terminal in partnership with the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC).

TPDC owns a title deed for the 2,071.705 hectares where the plant will be built while a further 17,000 hectares is set aside for construction of an industrial park.

Analysts are hopeful that the project is viable and that it will result into a number of opportunities for opportunities to Tanzanians and investors alike.

"The project only requires transparency and accountability... . people's expectations should be checked and allowed at realistic level... . the government should fast track the construction of the project to ensure we enjoy the opportunities available," said University of Dar es Salaam economics professor Haji Semboja.

Until 2014, it was estimated that the development of the LNG plant would create over 10,000 new direct jobs and thousands more indirectly.

It would also enable the country to collect billions in taxes which will help among other things, to service the national debt and fund healthcare and education.

Repoa strategic research director Abel Kinyondo was recently quoted as saying that when the gas is fully exploited it will contribute to only six per cent to the gross domestic product, suggesting that its impact would largely depend on its connectedness to other sectors.

"It will have to suppyort other sectors that employ a majority of the country's population like the manufacturing and agriculture for the impact to be huge," he said.

Tanzania: Talks On Sh67 Trillion LNG Plant Reach Crucial Stage


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