Muulize gharama ya kubadilisha reli from carrying 25tons per axle to 35tones per axle ni kiasi gani? Pia gharama ya ku upgrade jointed rail to continuous welded ni kiasi gani? Pia ku upgrade from diesel powered sgr with obsolete rolling stocks to electrified sgr with state of the art eco friendly rolling stocks ni gharama kiasi gani? Atumie common sense tuu katika kulinganisha na gharama ya station expansion.Niliwaambia haya mambo lkn wanajifanya wehu kuna mmoja anakwambia eti gharama ya kuboresha stesheni ni kubwa kuliko kuboresha reli, nikamwacha na ujinga wake.
Itabeba watu 500 per trip😂😂😂😂, alafu end year itakuwa imebeba watu 1M.Hii EMU sasa itabeba watu wangapi? Inaweza kuwa itabeba watu wachache sana. Mwenye data aweke.
Hiyo inaitwa double decker yn inabeba watu times two ya bichwa la kondoo [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]Itabeba watu 500 per trip[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23], alafu end year itakuwa imebeba watu 1M.
Kenya iko na meli ya mafuta, kwani unasahau hakuna kitu iko Tanzania na ikosekane Kenya 😂😂😂.Kunyaland haina meli ya mafuta! Take that to the bank! In the lake Victoria only Tanzania has oil tankers!
History
Marine Services Company Limited (MSCL) is a duly incorporated Tanzanian company based in Mwanza. Prior to registration as a fully-fledged company in 1997, MSCL was an integral part of Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC). The company has more than 50 years of experience in maritime transport across Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika and Nyasa. MSCL services across the three lakes serves as a linchpin for the communities along the lakes and provides intermodal connectivity for the Northern and Central Corridors as well as East and Central African countries bordering the lakes.
MSCL has the fleet of 15 vessels for both Passengers and Cargo transportation. Nine (9) of these vessels are deployed in Lake Victoria, 3 in Lake Tanganyika and 2 in Lake Nyasa. The fleet is made up of 8 Passenger-Cargo vessels, 2 Oil Tankers, 1 Wagon Ferry, 1 Tug, 2 self-propelled barges and one tourist boat.
One EMU unit of 8 cars inabeba 640pax seating arrangement 2x2 or 80pax per coach. According to demand 2 EMU can be joined together to carry more passengers. The double decker EMU can carry up to 1700pax according to TRC CEOItabeba watu 500 per trip[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23], alafu end year itakuwa imebeba watu 1M.
Hii vp ipo [emoji116][emoji116][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]Kenya iko na meli ya mafuta, kwani unasahau hakuna kitu iko Tanzania na ikosekane Kenya [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23].
Kuna wapumbavu walikuwa wanadai mara ohoo SGR yao tu inawezakubeba double decker cargo as tunnels clearing height inaruhusu wakati ya electrical SGR Tanzania hairuhusu! Naona saahii wameufyata maana electrical SGR Tanzania siyo tu itakuwa na double decker for cargo trains bali na hata PAX trains! Godamn it...!Hiyo inaitwa double decker yn inabeba watu times two ya bichwa la kondoo [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]View attachment 1858672View attachment 1858673
Underutilized indeed, Kenya is not a poor country like Tanzania.I can assure u ur Naivasha PAX station and so many btn Mombasa and Nairobi r underutilized!
Kenya opens $1.5 billion Chinese-built railway linking Rift Valley town and Nairobi
By Duncan Miriri
4 MIN READ
NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya’s opened a $1.5 billion Chinese-built railway line linking Nairobi to Naivasha on Wednesday, despite delays in building an industrial park in the Rift Valley town to encourage freight.
The extension links to another Chinese funded and built $3.2 billion line between the port of Mombasa and Nairobi that opened in 2017 but is so far underutilized for cargo services.
Upgrading Kenyan railways has been part of Beijing’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative, multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects aimed at improving land and maritime trade routes between China and Europe, Asia and Africa.
Kenya had planned to open an industrial park in Naivasha, offering companies tax breaks for investing in manufacturing, and preferential tariffs for electricity generated in the nearby geothermal fields. But that has been delayed.
The railway was a pet project of President Uhuru Kenyatta who opened the extension on Wednesday.
Kenyatta was re-elected for a five-year term in 2017 after promising to develop the East African nation’s infrastructure, but it has been dogged by problems.
In April, China refused to fund the planned $3.7 billion extension from Naivasha to the Ugandan border town of Malaba.
Transport Minister James Macharia said then that the government would spend $210 million to rehabilitate the colonial-era Malaba line instead.
Kenyatta rejected criticism of his plans, likening suggestions that the new railway was to “nowhere” to criticism of the original Uganda-Kenya railway by politicians during the British colonial era, who called it the “lunatic express”.
“Those who think they will take us backwards, they should leave Kenya and look for another country,” Kenyatta said as he opened the new railway.
Wu Peng, the Chinese ambassador to Kenya, said the railway from Mombasa had already had a positive impact on the economy, citing tourism, investments and communications.
“More jobs will be created,” Wu said at the same ceremony.
TOO EXPENSIVE
Many importers say the new Mombasa to Nairobi railway is too expensive to move freight and have been angered by government attempts to force them to use it.
It costs about $800 to truck a container from Mombasa to Nairobi, but $1,100 by rail, mainly due to extra costs for moving goods from the rail terminus to an inland depot.
Some Naivasha residents questioned the government’s priorities.
“Even as they build the railway, they should also repair this road,” Dominic Njogu, a 35-year-old “bodaboda”, slang for motorbike, driver, said of the road serving tourist resorts, flower farms and Naivasha itself.
“It is full of big potholes and we have even lost some lives as cars and motorbikes swerve to avoid the holes.”
Government borrowing has been ramped up to fund the railway and other projects such as roads. Total public debt stands at about 55% of GDP, up from 42% when Kenyatta took power in 2013.
Last week, parliament raised the government’s debt ceiling to 9 trillion shillings ($87 billion) after it came close to hitting the earlier limit of 6 trillion shillings.
Lee Kinyanjui, the governor of Nakuru county which includes Naivasha, said the arrival of the railway will spur investments.
“We have eight major companies who want to come set up here in Naivasha,” Kinyanjui told the ceremony at the Mai Mahiu station near Naivasha, without specifying which ones.
He also said the line will help boost transport infrastructure in the region and lower costs for farmers.
Reporting by Duncan Miriri; Editing by Katharine Houreld, Omar Mohammed and Alexander Smith
Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Kenya opens $1.5 billion Chinese-built railway linking Rift Valley town and Nairobi
Kenya's opened a $1.5 billion Chinese-built railway line linking Nairobi to Naivasha on Wednesday, despite delays in building an industrial park in the Rift Valley town to encourage freight.www.reuters.com
hebu i-mention hapa!Kenya iko na meli ya mafuta, kwani unasahau hakuna kitu iko Tanzania na ikosekane Kenya 😂😂😂.
Yenu itabeba watu 500 passengers compared to ya Kenya 1,440 passengers.Hiyo inaitwa double decker yn inabeba watu times two ya bichwa la kondoo [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]View attachment 1858672View attachment 1858673
Aki imention nitag please[emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]hebu i-mention hapa!
Umegeuka commedian while vidume tuko serious meffi wewe.Yenu itabeba watu 500 passengers compared to ya Kenya 1,440 passengers.
Your trains will do a maximum of 590 passengers, you can't force what's not there.One EMU unit of 8 cars inabeba 640pax seating arrangement 2x2 or 80pax per coach. According to demand 2 EMU can be joined together to carry more passengers. The double decker EMU can carry up to 1700pax according to TRC CEO
Your trains will do a maximum of 590 upende usipende 🤣🤣Umegeuka commedian while vidume tuko serious meffi wewe.
Najua umeumia sana, huyu si ni wewe huyu [emoji116][emoji116][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]Your trains will do a maximum of 590 upende usipende [emoji1787][emoji1787]
Underutilized indeed, Kenya is not a poor country like Tanzania.
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