Geza Ulole
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Ur eyes keep misleading u! See the difference btn those boulders (hard rocks) n soft rocks in ur SGR drainage system!
Those rocks existed long b4 there was any man made infrastructure on earth! As long as water flows occasionally through that ditch they will certainly outlast the rail itself.... 200 years from now vitukuu wako watakua wanapita Hilo eneo wanaona rocks shaped like a drainage ditch wanashangaa how did these natural rocks shape themselves like that... Kumbe hawajui ziliekwa na binadamu..
Kina kitu inaitwa French drainage ditch... You place those types of stone you find in a a riverbed and let them settle in the drainage and poof! All your drainage issues gone for ever...
Outside Clyde: The Prettiest Ditch In Haywood County
Its the same type , only these particular part has been painted a coat of limestone chalk ....Ur eyes keep misleading u! See the difference btn those boulders (hard rocks) n soft rocks in ur SGR drainage system!
Rudo kw battle kule...mada km hizi si size yako...ubongo wako bado una mpunga wa ccmTupe wewe fact [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
47% n Rwanda is firm in our pocket wapi argument ati "Rwanda will connect to the railway that gets to Kigali First?"
Haha mzigo ya Rwanda ni sawa Na ya kiambu county....sioni maajabu hapo47% n Rwanda is firm in our pocket wapi argument ati "Rwanda will connect to the railway that gets to Kigali First?"
When stupid aggressiveness is misleading!
Bad loser, wait when Uganda decide to join the bandwagon Isaka n Masaka not far either!Haha mzigo ya Rwanda ni sawa Na ya kiambu county....sioni maajabu hapo
Hamna mikurupuko ya kinyang'au! slow but sure!! Kwa style hii hamna kupigwa na kupata vitu below standard. Hapa kazi tuRWANDA
Rwanda to spend $1.3 billion on railway project
By
James Karuhanga
Published : December 11, 2018 | Updated : December 12, 2018
Rwanda is looking for a staggering $1.3 billion to finance its portion of the Isaka-Kigali Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) aimed at reducing logistics costs, boost trade and ease the movement of people.
Lowering the cost of transporting goods is critical for Rwanda in its bid to balance its trade with other countries.
“The intention is to make sure that we reduce the cost of transport and this has a direct impact on our socio-economic development, specifically in terms of trade. We all import and export and if we can make it cheaper, then more money will be available for investment in all other economic activities,” Clever Gatete, the Minister of Infrastructure, said yesterday.
Gatete met his Tanzanian counterpart, Isack Kamwelwe, in Kigali on Tuesday to discuss the available funding options for the project.
The two ministers agreed to report to the Heads of State on the status of the project for further guidance.
According to Gatete, the two countries are ironing out some of the hurdles along the way.
“We are being supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB) in terms of technical capacity on how to structure the financing arrangement for the investment because this is not cheap and that is why it is taking long,” he said.
Care is being taken in the initial stages, Gatete said, so as to make sure that “once we start, we don’t stop.”
Specifically, Rwanda is looking for $1.3 billion, Gatete said, to construct the 130 kilometres on its side.
Studies and consultations continue and it is hoped that by end this month, the total cost of the entire project will be known.
Kamwelwe emphasised that people from the two countries must be well assured that everything will be done to ensure that the project is implemented.
“Rwandans and Tanzanians must rest assured that the two governments are doing everything to make sure that this project is implemented,” he said.
If it comes to fruition, the project will deliver Rwanda’s first ever railway line.
The ministers deliberated on key implementation issues of the project agreed to continue the bilateral discussion on financing options, and develop a project roadmap incorporating the guidance of the Heads of State.
They further directed the Permanent Secretaries responsible for Transport to fast track the ratification of the Bilateral Agreement by February, 2019.
Kamwelwe said the project – which will be implemented in six phases – has actually started, in Tanzania, where the first two are underway. In Tanzania, he said, they are using internal resources for ongoing construction. “We have phase one, 300 kilometres and the progress is at 37 per cent.
Phase two is 422 kilometres from Morogoro to Makutupora,” he said.
As noted, progress of ongoing construction of SGR from Dar to Morogoro is now at 37 per cent while the Morogoro to Makutupora section is at 4.6 per cent.
Leaders had earlier set December 2018 for laying the foundation stone.
This is likely to be extended. The ministers remain optimistic it could happen but admit there are still a few things to do and now want to consult and possibly extend the timeline for laying the foundation stone “a little bit” so as to clear unfinished business.
The money involved is a lot, Gatete said, and, as such, it is important to first get to know who will actually do the construction and where the funding will come from.
According to Kamwelwe, it will be important for both countries to carefully strategize on matters such as how they will recoup the money invested.
editorial@newtimes.co.rw
Rwanda to spend $1.3 billion on railway project
Hizi picha majirani ni kama hawazioni vile..😀😀
Could be much less.Haha mzigo ya Rwanda ni sawa Na ya kiambu county....sioni maajabu hapo
Subiri wataziona tu ngoja gogo lifike Moro🙂Hizi picha majirani ni kama hawazioni vile..😀😀
Kwenye nyuzi nyingi sana nimeona zikiwekwa picha au habari za SGR hua wanakimbia sijui sababu ni nini? wivu?Subiri wataziona tu ngoja gogo lifike Moro🙂
BTW geza, What do you have to say about the recent train collision in turkey on the 250km/hr Istanbul-Konya section of the line built by Yepi merkezi even with the ETCS-2 etc.... Normally I wouldn't bother relating such events but I know if the situation was reversed and a train collision happened on a rail built recently by CCCC/CRBC in china or anywhere else you would have never let it slide for years just like the flooding incident from 2016...Mmoja wa shabiki aliyeshindwa kujizuia kwa kukubai mapigo