Don't split Tazara, China warns Tanzania

Don't split Tazara, China warns Tanzania

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A Tazara train during a stopover while travelling between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi, Zambia

Dar es Salaam. The government of China has expressed readiness to finance reconstruction of the struggling Tanzania and Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) if the firm is to be managed jointly as originally envisaged.

Speaking to The Citizen in an exclusive interview in Dar es Salaam on Friday, the Chinese ambassador to Tanzania, Mr Lu Youqing, said Tazara is not only a symbol of friendship between his country and Tanzania and Zambia; it is also an important economic infrastructure that should not be allowed to disintegrate.

He said China was ready to provide financial and technical support, but on condition that the two countries come up with a comprehensive rehabilitation and management proposal that would see the railway effectively run jointly by Tanzania and Zambia, and not separately as was recently decided.

Money is not a problem so far; the problem is rather, the apparent lack of a joint sustainable and achievable plan, which China would be happy to support.

"Today we are in a much better position to support Tazara; in 1965 when we agreed to finance its construction, our per capita GDP was just $100 but now it is $6,000," he said.

The 1,860km long railway from Dar es Salaam to the town of Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia was built from 1970 to 1975 with financial and technical support from the People's Republic of China and has since been managed jointly by Tanzania and Zambia.

But due to dwindling business and management woes, early July this year, the partner governments reportedly agreed that each country would take care of its side of the railway network.

The minister for Transport, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe, announced in Dar es Salam that Tanzania would oversee the operations between Dar es Salaam and Tunduma while Zambia would administer operations between Tunduma and Kapiri-Mposhi, a strategy aimed at improving Tazara performance within the next three months.

Regional managers for both sides would be in charge of the new system and their performance would be evaluated at the end of this period, he said.

The Zambian government promptly responded by distancing itself from Dr Mwakyembe's statement and insisted that the partner governments had not reached such an agreement and if anything, that was Tanzania's desire, not Zambia's.

Zambian minister for Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Yamfwa Mukanga, was quoted by Lusaka newspapers as saying the reported pronouncement by Tanzania was not what was discussed at a recent Tazara Council of Ministers meeting in Lusaka.

Mr Mukanga, however, said if that was what Tanzania wanted, the Zambian part of the railway was also ready to operate as an independent entity.

"We did not discuss that... but we spoke about a mapping a strategy on how we will enhance the operations of Tazara and the introduction of call centres,'' he was quoted as saying.

The contradicting statements came shortly after the two countries agreed to provide the railways authority with $80 million (Sh128 billion) in the next 12 months.

At a meeting held in Lusaka, the Tazara Council of Ministers, which is the firm's highest policy organ, resolved to make the funds available following months of low productivity and operational disruptions.

A statement issued at the end of the meeting said that poor performance of Tazara was a result of frequent breakdowns, accidents, unstable labour atmosphere and lack of working capital to pay salaries and procure fuels and lubricants for the trains.

Things are evidently falling apart as contradicting statements come from partner and displease China which financed the construction of Tazara at a time when Western countries, which had stronger economies and superior technology refused.

Source: thecitizen
 
Kuna mtu inabidi afutwe kazi hapa...!!!

The minister for Transport, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe, announced in Dar es Salam that Tanzania would oversee the operations between Dar es Salaam and Tunduma while Zambia would administer operations between Tunduma and Kapiri-Mposhi, a strategy aimed at improving Tazara performance within the next three months.
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Zambian minister for Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Yamfwa Mukanga, was quoted by Lusaka newspapers as saying the reported pronouncement by Tanzania was not what was discussed at a recent Tazara Council of Ministers meeting in Lusaka.
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kwnaini tusiiboreshe iwe kwenye gauge ya kimataifa na tutumie umeme kuiendesha, si wamesema umeme kuanzia 2015 utakuwa bwelele, sasa kwanini tusiifanye train ya kutumia injini zinazoendeshwa na umeme badala ya mafuta? na kama ni hivyo si tutapata hata ijini mtumba na mabehewa mtumba yaliyoko kwenye gauge ya kimataifa toka nchi zilizoendelea kama kuyapata mapya tutaona garama? tutabaki na gauge hii ya kibongo hadi lini hata kuagiza mabehewa toka nje yanayoendana na mataifa mengine tunashindwa, kama wachina wanatengeneza watengeneza ya kisasa si kuendeleza ujima kama huu. na wazambia wanairudisha nyuma sana tazara ndio maana migomo haiishi. ningeshauri kama tunaendelea na wazambia tuendelee lakini kuanzia tunduma ndio waendelee wazambia ila toka dsm hadi tunduma tuendelee wabongo. kama tukishindwa kuelewana hata wachina tuwapige chini tuendele sisi wenyewe kwani tutakuwa watumwa hadi lini reli ipo kwenye nchi yetu na tunababaishwa na watu wengine?
 
watu8 said:
Sasa mkuu inawezekana vipi kauli zipishane za watu waliokuwa meza moja ya mkutano...!!!
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Huyo wa upande wa pili ni kama vile anajitetea, ila inaonekana wazi walizungumza juu ya kila upande kusimamia upande wake.

Zaidi, "Mwamba ngozi uvutia kwake..."
 
maneno ya mwl Nyerere yanatimia sasa kuwa " Dhabi ya ukabira huwa haiishi inaendelea kutafuna" tunawatenga wa Zanzibar na sasa tunatakatutengane na wa Zambia katika Tazara!!
 
Nawaunga Mkono WACHINA 100%... Kujitenga kwenye uendeshaji wa TAZARA ni ujima! Dunia ya leo watu wanaunganisha Infrastructures ili waweze kufanya biasha baina yao! Juhudi za maksudi zingefanywa ili Reli hiyo ifike hadi Congo DRC kwenye mahitaji makubwa ... CCM inaonekana ni wavivu wa kufikiri na hali hii inaongezeka kadiri wanavyo karibia kukata roho ...
 
AZUSA STREET said:
kwnaini tusiiboreshe iwe kwenye gauge ya kimataifa na tutumie umeme kuiendesha, si wamesema umeme kuanzia 2015 utakuwa bwelele, sasa kwanini tusiifanye train ya kutumia injini zinazoendeshwa na umeme badala ya mafuta?
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Mkuu, TAZARA ipo tayari kwenye gauge ya kimataifa, na unachosema mie nilikiandika kitambo kidogo kama mapendokezo kwa JK pale aliposema atajadiliana na China kuhusu mwendelezo wa TAZARA. Hata nilisema ikibdi reli hii iendelezwe hadi kwenda Malawi, kwa kuwa Malawi wanatumia bandari ya Dar pia. Na nikasema ikibidi TAZARA ifanyiwe re-routing ili iweze kupitia kwenye makao makuu ya mikoa kama Mororgoro na Iringa mjini, na hata Mbozi na Tunduma.

Na nikasema sehemu nyingi hii reli imenyoka, zile kona kali zikiondolewa na ikatumia umeme tunaweza tukaingiza treni za kasi ambapo safari ya Dar - hadi Mbeya inaweza kuchukua masaa 6 tu kwa treni, ambapo tutapunguza sana usafirishaji wa abiria na mizigo kwa mabasi na malori kati ya mikoa ya Dar, Morogoro, Iringa na Mbeya, ambapo kwa sasa inatugharimu sana maisha ya watu kwa ajali za kila siku barabarani.

Kama tunapeleka reli ya kati Burundi, kwa nini tusipeleke TAZARA Malawi? Na pia Tunaweza tukawa na treni inayoanzia Dar hadi Johannesburg.
 
The government of China has expressed readiness to finance reconstruction of the struggling Tanzania and Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) if the firm is to be managed jointly as originally envisaged.

Speaking to The Citizen in an exclusive interview in Dar es Salaam, the Chinese ambassador to Tanzania, Mr Lu Youqing, said Tazara is not only a symbol of friendship between his country and Tanzania and Zambia, but it's also an important economic infrastructure that should not be allowed to disintegrate.

He said China was ready to provide financial and technical support, but on condition that the two countries come up with a comprehensive rehabilitation and management proposal that would see the railway effectively run jointly by Tanzania and Zambia, and not separately as was recently decided.

"Today we are in a much better position to support Tazara; in 1965 when we agreed to finance its construction, our per capita GDP was just $100 but now it is $6,000," he said.

The 1,860km long railway from Dar es Salaam to the town of Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia was built from 1970 to 1975 with financial and technical support from the People's Republic of China and has since been managed jointly by Tanzania and Zambia.

However, due to dwindling business and management woes, the partner governments reportedly agreed that each country would take care of its side of the railway network. The minister for Transport, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe, announced in Dar es Salam that Tanzania would oversee the operations between Dar es Salaam and Tunduma while Zambia would administer operations between Tunduma and Kapiri-Mposhi, a strategy aimed at improving Tazara performance within the next three months.

Regional managers for both sides would be in charge of the new system and their performance would be evaluated at the end of this period, he said.

The Zambian government promptly responded by distancing itself from Dr Mwakyembe's statement and insisted that the partner governments had not reached such an agreement and if anything, that was Tanzania's desire, not Zambia's. Zambian minister for Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Yamfwa Mukanga, was quoted by Lusaka newspapers as saying the reported pronouncement by Tanzania was not what was discussed at a recent Tazara Council of Ministers meeting in Lusaka.

Mr Mukanga, however, said if that was what Tanzania wanted, the Zambian part of the railway was also ready to operate as an independent entity.

"We did not discuss that... but we spoke about a mapping a strategy on how we will enhance the operations of Tazara and the introduction of call centres,'' he was quoted as saying.

The contradicting statements came shortly after the two countries agreed to provide the railways authority with $80 million (Sh128 billion) in the next 12 months.

At a meeting held in Lusaka, the Tazara Council of Ministers, which is the firm's highest policy organ, resolved to make the funds available following months of low productivity and operational disruptions.

A statement issued at the end of the meeting said that poor performance of Tazara was a result of frequent breakdowns, accidents, unstable labour atmosphere and lack of working capital to pay salaries and procure fuels and lubricants for the trains.
SOURCE: THE EastAfrican
 
Sijawahi waamini viongozi waserikali yangu
Nivigeugeu sana kuanzia kaka mkubwa mpaka mdogo
 
AZUSA STREET said:
kwnaini tusiiboreshe iwe kwenye gauge ya kimataifa na tutumie umeme kuiendesha, si wamesema umeme kuanzia 2015 utakuwa bwelele, sasa kwanini tusiifanye train ya kutumia injini zinazoendeshwa na umeme badala ya mafuta? na kama ni hivyo si tutapata hata ijini mtumba na mabehewa mtumba yaliyoko kwenye gauge ya kimataifa toka nchi zilizoendelea kama kuyapata mapya tutaona garama? tutabaki na gauge hii ya kibongo hadi lini hata kuagiza mabehewa toka nje yanayoendana na mataifa mengine tunashindwa, kama wachina wanatengeneza watengeneza ya kisasa si kuendeleza ujima kama huu. na wazambia wanairudisha nyuma sana tazara ndio maana migomo haiishi. ningeshauri kama tunaendelea na wazambia tuendelee lakini kuanzia tunduma ndio waendelee wazambia ila toka dsm hadi tunduma tuendelee wabongo. kama tukishindwa kuelewana hata wachina tuwapige chini tuendele sisi wenyewe kwani tutakuwa watumwa hadi lini reli ipo kwenye nchi yetu na tunababaishwa na watu wengine?
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Hujui kwamba reli ya TAZARA ina International gauge? Pili Reli TAZARA ipo ndani ya nchi mbili na siyo Tanzania peke yake !!!!
 
kuna umuhimu wa kukagua ofisi za viongozi wetu, lazma tutakutana na pakti za viroba.
 
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