Cost comparison SGR Kenya vs SGR Tanzania



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Mamburula wa Kikenya hawataki kuskia kwamba wameibiwa na serikali ya majambazi ya Jubilee..



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Tanzania’s standard gauge railway

THURSDAY AUGUST 10 2017



A standard gauge railway overpass under construction at Taru next to the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway. The Tanzania's line would run from Dar es Salaam to Musongati in south-western Burundi. PHOTO | FILE

In Summary

Speaking in Dar es Salaam last week, the bank’s East African managing director Nyamajeje Weggoro said AfDB is satisfied with the undertakings of the government, and will discuss the proposal on how much the bank will allocate for construction of the standard gauge railway.In May, President John Magufuli asked his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma to help the country secure soft loans from Brics Development Bank. Brics comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa as an association of emerging economies.The first phase involves construction of a dry port project and six stations, at a cost of $1.2 billion for 300 kilometres of railway, and is expected to be completed by 2019.


By BEATRICE MATERU
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The African Development Bank has agreed to finance Tanzania’s central railway projects after several stakeholders pulled out.

Speaking in Dar es Salaam last week, the bank’s East African managing director Nyamajeje Weggoro said AfDB is satisfied with the undertakings of the government, and will discuss the proposal on how much the bank will allocate for construction of the standard gauge railway.

The total cost of the railway would be$7.6 billion for a distance of 2,190 kilometres from Dar es Salaam to the Burundi border. It will link Tanzania with landlocked neighbours Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The line would run from Dar es Salaam to Musongati in south-western Burundi.

“The standard gauge railway line is very important for the region. It will improve regional trade links and help to boost the economies of Tanzania and its landlocked neighbours Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC,” Dr Weggoro said.

It is not clear the amount AfDB will give to the project.


Soft loans

In May, President John Magufuli asked his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma to help the country secure soft loans from Brics Development Bank. Brics comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa as an association of emerging economies.

“I have asked President Jacob Zuma to help us secure a low interest loan for us from Brics to finance the SGR project,” President Magufuli said during President Zuma’s tour in Dar es Salaam.

Before that, the Chinese Exim Bank had pledged to lend Tanzania $7.6 for the construction.

However, the deal is currently in limbo after a Chinese company previously awarded the contract to build the railway by the previous regime had its contract suspended by President Magufuli over allegations of irregularities in the tendering process.

READ: Uganda, Tanzania to go electric in railway line project

First phase

Construction of the first phase of the project that runs from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro is fully funded by the government.

The first phase involves construction of a dry port project and six stations, at a cost of $1.2 billion for 300 kilometres of railway, and is expected to be completed by 2019.

President Magufuli also asked the World Bank Group president Dr Jim Yong Kim who visited Tanzania in March for money to finance the project. The World Bank has already set aside $200 million for the rehabilitation of the central railway.

AfDB to finance Tanzania’s gauge railway

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Phase 2A - 120Km Nairobi -Naivasha
1st Camp site already inhabited near ngong hills

 
Apart from the tunnel still under construction in phase 2A, some other progress has also been made in phase 2 ..
Piles for bridges already U/C
 
Meanwhile in the aready completed phase 1, Mombasa-Nairobi, tickets are now being issued at Voi and Mtito intermediate stations...



 
BTW, did you know that Ethiopia SGR has not started operating even though they completed construction 1 year earlier than Kenya's SGR,


Anyway, ME tickets now includes ones name and ID for more security


 
Unafananisha TZR na SGR kwa ss hyo tazara ina faida gani. Hyo nayo alijenga mchina na wanalalamika haina faida kwa kua mizigo mingi inabebwa na malori pamoja na Shaba.

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Mchina alijenga kwa mkopo na deni lilishaisha. Tanzania ndio nchi ya kwanza Afrika Mashariki na kati kujenga reli yake baada ya mkoloni kuondoka.

Unaonesha huna upeo mkubwa, sio nchi zote duniani zinatumia SGR. SGR ni 55% ya reli zote duniani. Wakati wa ubora wake TAZARA ilikuwa na ufanisi mkubwa kuliko sasa hivi. Hata baada ya miaka 50 SGR ya Kenya haitakuwa na ubora kama wa sasa.

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