Ippmedia says distance from Himo to Dar is 935 km

Ippmedia says distance from Himo to Dar is 935 km

Geza Ulole said:
5th April 14
New era as one-stop-post starts at Tanzania and Kenya border

Aisia Rweyemamu
One-Stop-Border Post (OSBP) means placing border officials of two adjoining countries at each other’s adjoining border post so that each border post controls only the traffic entering the country and not the exiting one.

Tanzania and Kenya have OSBP system at Holili –Taveta. Of late the post has produced desired results by reducing 30 per cent.

The Holili border currently serves between 40 and 50 trucks a day but the volume of traffic is likely to significantly increase up to between 400 and 450 trucks once the Voi -Taveta part of the road is upgraded. This is according to Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) that funded the project
The increase in traffic is likely because the distance by road from Mombasa to Himo junction in Tanzania is much shorter (by about 472 kilometres) compared to the much longer distance from Dar es Salaam to Himo junction (935 kilometres).

Journalists from Tanzania and Kenya who visited Holili and Taveta witnessed a handful of trucks from Mombasa port offloading goods, including the cars for clients from Northern Regions of Tanzania.

The introduced system will take place at the border post of Taveta in Kenya and Holili border post in Tanzania, of which the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and Tanzania Revenue authority (TRA) are the leading agencies in implementing the project.

The OSBP project is funded by the Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) and the operation of the system to the funded area will start immediately after the signing of bilateral agreement.

At the end of lat year the media visited the project at Taveta in Kenya along the Voi road and about 285 kilometers from Mombasa. The Holili building is completed while the one for Taveta is expected to be ready by the end of May.

Theo Lymo, a Trademark Director of Integrated Boarder Management based in Nairobi said the time reduction in clearing cargo will in turn increase in intra-regional and foreign trade in East Africa.

Lymo said the main aspect of the OSBP concept is that traffic crossing the border stops once instead of stopping at the border post of exit for formalities and at the border-post of entry for entry formalities.

“One stop is achieved by placing the border officials of two adjoining countries at each other’s adjoining border post so that each border post controls only the traffic entering the country and not that exiting.” he elaborated

He added that exit formalities of the exit country and the entry formalities of the country are carried out at the border post in the country of entry and the Traffic to either direction will thus bypass the exit border post and go directly to the border post of entry in the other country.

The system will start as soon as bilateral agreements are signed. Tanzania has already finished with the text, and in Kenya the matter has been submitted to the cabinet for approval.

According to TMEA, OSBP projects on each side of the border are completely independent of each other. This means that OSBP arrangements can start only when construction on both sides is completed.

However, border agencies have decided that once construction on one side is completed one stop controls should start on a pilot basis.

This will enable the two countries concerned to reap the benefits of OSBP arrangements before construction on both sides is completed.

In this regard three pairs of OSBPs are expected to implement one stop arrangements by June 2014: Holili-Taveta OSBPs will be fully operational by June 2014 as construction on both sides will have been completed.

The Holili OSBP has been fully furnished: all the furniture is in place, computers have been delivered and installed with the software of the agencies concerned, and wide area networks (WANs) and local area networks (LANs) have been installed and tested.

It has been agreed with JICA that their Real Time Monitoring (RTM) and Cargo Clearing Systems, which would enable border agencies at the OSBP to share data, will be rolled out to the Holili-Taveta OSBPs following the piloting of the systems at the border posts of Namanga.

Given the poor condition of border posts in the region, the introduction of OSBPs also carry out upgrading and modernising parking for trucks and office accommodation, and provision of inspection sheds and special facilities required by border agencies, such as ramps for offloading vehicles from trucks or containers, animal holding buildings, incinerators and isolation rooms for people with notifiable diseases.

Speaking during the visit, TMEA Director of OSBP Sjorerd Visser said the project at the side of Holili, Tanzania, has been completed since December last year, costing $ 5.7 million, the same amount being spent by TMEA for Taveta-Kenya project which is in progress.

Sjored noted that TMEA is providing funding and technical support to facilitate implementation of integrated border management system jointly with border agencies.

The project focuses on setting up institutional and legal frameworks necessary for increasing collaboration in boarder management at inter-agency and bilateral levels, reviewing and implementing one stop border post procedures, training boarder agency officials and installing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) networks, hardware, furniture and equipment.

Integrated Border Management (IBM) is a framework for increasing collaboration among agencies responsible for border controls. The IBM framework is useful for establishing OSBPs as it lays down areas of collaboration among border agencies. It is also useful as tool for bringing together agencies with a stake in border controls.

For the OSBPs of Holili (Tanzania) and Taveta (Kenya), for example, about thirty ministries, departments and agencies are involved.

However, in a 30 minutes tour inside the Holili border post building the media personnel witnessed a number of facilities. Daniel Muturi, a Programme Manager for Integrated Boarder Management (IBM) showed media how the offices will be used by officials from both sides of the country, the same system which will be applied at the Taveta border post.

The building consist double offices for officials from Tanzania, for example, the Immigration or TRA officers and counterparts -Kenya Immigration and KRA.
Meanwhile, Mombasa –Voi- Taveta - Arusha road is one of the alternative transport corridors in East Africa that link the northern corridors at Voi,160 kilometres to the central corridor at Dodoma and Singida via Arusha.

Efficient movement of goods and people through the two border posts is critical to facilitate trade within the region.

After full implementation of OSBP arrangements or implementation on a pilot basis, a tentative survey of clearance times will be carried out, together with a user satisfaction survey.

However, the IBM project will continue for another six months to enable TMEA to support review of OSBP procedures and processes with a view to their simplification or integration where feasible. At the end of the period, a final survey of traffic and clearance times will be carried out and the project closed.

TMEA will work with border agencies and other development partners like JICA and IOM to take care of the training needs of border officials. It will support training needs assessment at border posts to establish the institutional and personal needs of border officials.

Training will include OSBP induction courses for border officials and CFAs. Border agencies have also pointed out the need for all border officials to be familiarized with the responsibilities of all border agencies and how they work at the border.

Officials agencies at the border will need short training on Microsoft applications, especially Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. All officials will also benefit from training in Risk Management in cross border clearance and in security risk assessment.

Meanwhile, Traders who import goods from various countries have called up on the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) to modernise their system used in clearing cargo so as to reduce the cost incurring by traders for waiting documents from TRA.

On Tuesday, this paper interviewed a number of traders at the Holili –Taveta. They claimed they wait for up to one month for documents from TRA headquarters because of ‘slowness’ of the system used.

Emanuel Justin (36) a Moshi resident and traders who import goods via Holili –Taveta border post told this paper that, for the cargo to be released they have to wait for their documents from TRA headquarters in Dar es Salaam for clearance. Said Justin said: “But we spend a lot of time for waiting feedback and when we query why the delay they tell us to be patient because the system is down.

“We spend a lot of money to import goods for profit but instead we suffer much at the border, spend more money on accommodation… we thereby lose and this is disappointing us.”

John Vuo (33), a driver who uses Holili-Taveta boarder post expressed disappointment. “I came here on Sunday last week (March 23), I have been told to wait for government permission for my cargo to be released as they said the system is slow.”

Meanwhile some of traders have raised their concern over the cargo owners who delayed to take their cargo.
Rashid Bakari (26) told The Guardian that sometimes they wait for two weeks at the boarder for the cargo owners.

Bakari said that truck drivers did not know the owners as most of them were known by the clearing and forward agencies, adding that most of traders who importing goods used to shunting the cargo at the border.

It is so because it is expensive for the truck from outside the country to get in another country. He proposed the government should put a new law that will force the owners to shunt their cargo as in the case with Kenya.

THE GUARDIAN
http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/functions/print_article.php?l=66574

MY TAKE

This is the most bizarre thing i have ever read! Does this mean Aisia Rweyemamu can not do a fact check when writing a report? Since when Himo to Dar distance is over 900 km? If the distance from Dar to Moshi is 468 km then Distance from Moshi to Himo is 935-468 km i.e. 467km! Is this the investigative journalism Mengi claims of his media house or the report is aiming to sensitize the use of Mombasa port in place of Tanga and Dar es salaam? Can we not say this is blindly playing to the tunes of the under the belt smear tactics by Kenya upon Tanzania? yet the lie is from a largest media in the country? Can't this be stupidity of our journalists that don't crosscheck the figures and question their validity? BTW how can trademark EA make that gross mistake on a project they funded? Is that a deliberately motive to favor Mombasa port even if it means fake distances just to play in tandem with usually Kenya desperation to attract trade?
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Jamani this too much exageration Dar to himo ni around 360
 
Kama kawaida...uchumi,elimu,ulinzi wa kenya ni kwenye media ukija kwenye uhalisia ni holaa!
Ref:sakata la westgate!
 
waltham said:
thats the noise of a looser.you can smell the bitterness.hate the message boy not the messager.you talk of S.A that S.A this.kaka brag abt TZ unless there is nothing to, which seems to be the case here.show us the numbers.you are no. 1 dumping ground for s.a, thats the biggest trading partner ua mentioning and to remind you kenya is overtaking china and usa in investments in TZ.oh another thing kenya is the biggest non mineral based econ in Africa kaka.tz will always lick S.A boots in SADC.the econ worlds for the two ni kama giza na mwangaza
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Numbers? okay,
UK is number one with 5.1 billion $ of investments
India 2.5 billion $
China 1,16 billion $
Kenya 1.15 billion $
US 1Billion $

That means the capital is moving out of Kenya, coming to Tanzania. Kenya's FDI is the third in EA in 2013 ... a distant third with .3 billion$.Tanzania stood at 1.7 billion $.
Kenya is the 8th trding partner after China, India, Japan,Switzerland, South africa and UAE.

Kenya.s debt is 52% of gdp, Tanzania is 39%.

You call that good news?
 
Kobello said:
Numbers? okay,
UK is number one with 5.1 billion $ of investments
India 2.5 billion $
China 1,16 billion $
Kenya 1.15 billion $
US 1Billion $

That means the capital is moving out of Kenya, coming to Tanzania. Kenya's FDI is the third in EA in 2013 ... a distant third with .3 billion$.Tanzania stood at 1.7 billion $.
Kenya is the 8th trding partner after China, India, Japan,Switzerland, South africa and UAE.

Kenya.s debt is 52% of gdp, Tanzania is 39%.

You call that good news?
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you are just a comic.we rule east man as we expand to malawi, zambia, nigeria name them.tell me abt your darling tz where
they flexing any econ muscle or even dreaming, just confirming with your figures what am been telling you we are all over man.give me tz figures FDI outflow in africa.we rule in retail, insurance, banking, education, media list goes on in east and central africa.boy so show the due respect and work your ass off to improve and stop the cry baby tz is fond of.blowing hot air all day and trebling getting sick
 
waltham said:
you are just a comic.we rule east man as we expand to malawi, zambia, nigeria name them.tell me abt your darling tz where
they flexing any econ muscle or even dreaming, just confirming with your figures what am been telling you we are all over man.give me tz figures FDI outflow in africa.we rule in retail, insurance, banking, education, media list goes on in east and central africa.boy so show the due respect and work your ass off to improve and stop the cry baby tz is fond of.blowing hot air all day and trebling getting sick
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write as a properly educated fella, if you ever got that proper, this is not a chang'aa pub where you can write stuffs that don't make sense.
Problem i always have with these northen neighbours is their over-inflated egos. unfortunately they can't back their egos up. lots of empty nupty.

You make a lot of fus of Dar Himo being 900KM yet when people correct you you go ballistic and start loosing it like a lost hooker.
be calm and argue on simple facts.
Kenya is not a stick that TZ should measure itself against, as we differ by less than 5% in almost every meaningful criteria economically. which is what experts call, margin of error.We are both poor countries struggling to make it.

As far as TZ economic outlook is concerned i feel bad for you as , we will need expert leaders in failure to not have a >$200B economy by 2030. If i were Kenya i would be worried about that. I would be worried how will i counter a country that has projects upwards of $50B in the next 3 years and is on the verge to start production of Gas worth over $500B projected to be worth upwards of $2Tr.

If i were Kenya i would work harder and try best to benefit from this neighbour. And since you are just a mpiga kelele kwenye forum, you should try look for economic opportunities in TZ as thousands of fellow Kenyans do. Stop Hating, they make you look and sound stupid
 
Kimweri said:
write as a properly educated fella, if you ever got that proper, this is not a chang'aa pub where you can write stuffs that don't make sense.
Problem i always have with these northen neighbours is their over-inflated egos. unfortunately they can't back their egos up. lots of empty nupty.

You make a lot of fus of Dar Himo being 900KM yet when people correct you you go ballistic and start loosing it like a lost hooker.
be calm and argue on simple facts.
Kenya is not a stick that TZ should measure itself against, as we differ by less than 5% in almost every meaningful criteria economically. which is what experts call, margin of error.We are both poor countries struggling to make it.

As far as TZ economic outlook is concerned i feel bad for you as , we will need expert leaders in failure to not have a >$200B economy by 2030. If i were Kenya i would be worried about that. I would be worried how will i counter a country that has projects upwards of $50B in the next 3 years and is on the verge to start production of Gas worth over $500B projected to be worth upwards of $2Tr.

If i were Kenya i would work harder and try best to benefit from this neighbour. And since you are just a mpiga kelele kwenye forum, you should try look for economic opportunities in TZ as thousands of fellow Kenyans do. Stop Hating, they make you look and sound stupid
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gosh you just a wannabe with poor english mastery.kwanza, tumia kiswahili.you do better i promise you.sasa huo uchumi wa gesi unaouchuuza hapa si nigeria na angola have huge oil economies.what happening there.tanzania kunayo dhahabu na madini mengineo kwa miaka kadhaa sasa, hizo pesa imefaidi tz?hamna.ni kichekesho eti tofauti ya kenya na tz na kenya ni 5% kwa econ.you live in dreamland of figures.put up those percentages here and stop ego massaging kaka.eti we should be worried by tz.you are sick.we are the top non mineral based econ in africa, getting worried of tz is like running from a dog with no history of biting kaka.we play and think of S.A, EGYPT, nigeria etc competition.your league is malawi etc and playing as dumping groung for S.A.kama ni future and we dont shout from rooftops.down here just to refresh ya mind.

Kenya: Turkana Oil Pipeline to Be Complete in Late 2016

17 March 2014 Kenya's Ministry of Energy and Petroleum predicts that the Lamu-Turkana oil pipeline will be completed by November 2016, after the project was fast-tracked at the request of the cabinet, Kenya's Daily Nation reported Saturday (March 15th).
"We want to expedite the project as an urgent one to realise revenues as early as possible," said Energy and Petroleum Principal Secretary Joseph Njoroge.
The ministry will issue international tenders for the pipeline's design and construction on Friday. The tenders will be conducted on a turnkey model, whereby the contractor carries out the project with their own funds before selling it back to the government upon completion.
The government had previously planned to exclude companies involved in exploration from bidding for the construction and design, including the London-based oil exploration firm Tullow Oil, but this restriction has been lifted.
The pipeline will cost an estimated 255 billion shillings ($2.9 billion) and will connect the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia transport corridor.
Oil production is expected to begin in 2017-2018, according to the Ministry of Energy.
 
waltham said:
gosh you just a wannabe with poor english mastery.kwanza, tumia kiswahili.you do better i promise you.sasa huo uchumi wa gesi unaouchuuza hapa si nigeria na angola have huge oil economies.what happening there.tanzania kunayo dhahabu na madini mengineo kwa miaka kadhaa sasa, hizo pesa imefaidi tz?hamna.ni kichekesho eti tofauti ya kenya na tz na kenya ni 5% kwa econ.you live in dreamland of figures.put up those percentages here and stop ego massaging kaka.eti we should be worried by tz.you are sick.we are the top non mineral based econ in africa, getting worried of tz is like running from a dog with no history of biting kaka.we play and think of S.A, EGYPT, nigeria etc competition.your league is malawi etc and playing as dumping groung for S.A.kama ni future and we dont shout from rooftops.down here just to refresh ya mind.

Kenya: Turkana Oil Pipeline to Be Complete in Late 2016

17 March 2014 Kenya's Ministry of Energy and Petroleum predicts that the Lamu-Turkana oil pipeline will be completed by November 2016, after the project was fast-tracked at the request of the cabinet, Kenya's Daily Nation reported Saturday (March 15th).
"We want to expedite the project as an urgent one to realise revenues as early as possible," said Energy and Petroleum Principal Secretary Joseph Njoroge.
The ministry will issue international tenders for the pipeline's design and construction on Friday. The tenders will be conducted on a turnkey model, whereby the contractor carries out the project with their own funds before selling it back to the government upon completion.
The government had previously planned to exclude companies involved in exploration from bidding for the construction and design, including the London-based oil exploration firm Tullow Oil, but this restriction has been lifted.
The pipeline will cost an estimated 255 billion shillings ($2.9 billion) and will connect the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia transport corridor.
Oil production is expected to begin in 2017-2018, according to the Ministry of Energy.
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You sound as childish as many of your compatriots, you are whining about Turkana project that's a mere $2.9B, that's roughly 10% za kina kikwete hapa TZ. Huo Uchumi wa Kenya wa kuulinganisha na Nigeria kwa kipi?yani wewe unalinganisha $70B GDP country na $550B. You are crazy and deluded.
I speak 5 languages so, i switch whichever i like, and I don't feel any pride in speaking English, it's rather the lowest common denominator language one can have.

Kama matambo ya wakenya yangekuwa sawa na uchumi wao lingekuwa jambo la heri. Wake up and smell the coffee, your GDP is nothing to make noise about. So is TZ GDP.both are tiny and miniscule. The only difference is when EU is confronted by Russia dominance in Gas, it calls upon Kikwete not Uhuru Kenyata, hayo madebe milioni kadhaa ya crude, sio ya kupigia kelele Jamvini. hizo $2B Dangote anajenga kiwanda cha sementi Mtwara, wala kelele hautasikia.
 
waltham said:
gosh you just a wannabe with poor english mastery.kwanza, tumia kiswahili.you do better i promise you.sasa huo uchumi wa gesi unaouchuuza hapa si nigeria na angola have huge oil economies.what happening there.tanzania kunayo dhahabu na madini mengineo kwa miaka kadhaa sasa, hizo pesa imefaidi tz?hamna.ni kichekesho eti tofauti ya kenya na tz na kenya ni 5% kwa econ.you live in dreamland of figures.put up those percentages here and stop ego massaging kaka.eti we should be worried by tz.you are sick.we are the top non mineral based econ in africa, getting worried of tz is like running from a dog with no history of biting kaka.we play and think of S.A, EGYPT, nigeria etc competition.your league is malawi etc and playing as dumping groung for S.A.kama ni future and we dont shout from rooftops.down here just to refresh ya mind.

Kenya: Turkana Oil Pipeline to Be Complete in Late 2016

17 March 2014 Kenya's Ministry of Energy and Petroleum predicts that the Lamu-Turkana oil pipeline will be completed by November 2016, after the project was fast-tracked at the request of the cabinet, Kenya's Daily Nation reported Saturday (March 15th).
"We want to expedite the project as an urgent one to realise revenues as early as possible," said Energy and Petroleum Principal Secretary Joseph Njoroge.
The ministry will issue international tenders for the pipeline's design and construction on Friday. The tenders will be conducted on a turnkey model, whereby the contractor carries out the project with their own funds before selling it back to the government upon completion.
The government had previously planned to exclude companies involved in exploration from bidding for the construction and design, including the London-based oil exploration firm Tullow Oil, but this restriction has been lifted.
The pipeline will cost an estimated 255 billion shillings ($2.9 billion) and will connect the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia transport corridor.
Oil production is expected to begin in 2017-2018, according to the Ministry of Energy.
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I have never lived in a dreamland ndugu mropoka hovyo. I just like to set records straight. Google inawawezesha slow leaners duniani kote kupata takwimu nyepesi kama hizo nilizokupa with 3-5 keywords. Am not here to instruct you how to use Google.
Kama ulikuwa unafikiri GDP ya Kenya inaizidi ya TZ kwa zaidi ya asilimia 50 etc pole,umedanganywa vya kutosha.

For many years Gold and Diamond has been one of principle contributors of our GDP, but again that was just around 10%.which ever i have told u about gas sio ndoto, its things that are happening now,mafishadi wetu TZ wanagawana vya kwao mapema as usual.wa-TZ sio watu wa matambo ya kuleta hadithi za kuongea vitu ambavyo hata havina commercial viability yet.
Kama kiswahili chako kizuri tazama humu ndani post za Mtwara/Lindi chukua Excel, jumlisha projects za $B ngapi zimeanza last year with completion time ya within 2-3 years.
hadithi za kusema we are the top non whatever economy hata ligi daraja la 3 hapa TZ ina bingwa wao,so it doesnt say nothing in grand of things. Wewe ushinde kombe la mbuzi halafu ujiite barcelona wapi na wapi?

Kenyan, brothers, be humble, you are as poor as any african country, tuliozurula kwenye hii dunia hatutishwi na hizo soundbites zenu. Just don't skew facts especially about another country just to feed your complex
 
Kimweri said:
I have never lived in a dreamland ndugu mropoka hovyo. I just like to set records straight. Google inawawezesha slow leaners duniani kote kupata takwimu nyepesi kama hizo nilizokupa with 3-5 keywords. Am not here to instruct you how to use Google.
Kama ulikuwa unafikiri GDP ya Kenya inaizidi ya TZ kwa zaidi ya asilimia 50 etc pole,umedanganywa vya kutosha.

For many years Gold and Diamond has been one of principle contributors of our GDP, but again that was just around 10%.which ever i have told u about gas sio ndoto, its things that are happening now,mafishadi wetu TZ wanagawana vya kwao mapema as usual.wa-TZ sio watu wa matambo ya kuleta hadithi za kuongea vitu ambavyo hata havina commercial viability yet.
Kama kiswahili chako kizuri tazama humu ndani post za Mtwara/Lindi chukua Excel, jumlisha projects za $B ngapi zimeanza last year with completion time ya within 2-3 years.
hadithi za kusema we are the top non whatever economy hata ligi daraja la 3 hapa TZ ina bingwa wao,so it doesnt say nothing in grand of things. Wewe ushinde kombe la mbuzi halafu ujiite barcelona wapi na wapi?

Kenyan, brothers, be humble, you are as poor as any african country, tuliozurula kwenye hii dunia hatutishwi na hizo soundbites zenu. Just don't skew facts especially about another country just to feed your complex
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mr. story teller/google instructor grade 4..umejaribu lakini hiyo yoye hewa tupu.hukusema lolote, ni kiini macho tu.tupo hapo kwenu biashara.waruhusiwa kupiga kelele tumesizoe kwani ya vyula ng'ombe unywa maji tu, haizuii kitu kamwe kaka.na kingireza ukitumia haeleweki kabisa lakini kiswahili upo sawa.jikite huku kwa waswahili!
[h=1]Tanzania set to become top buyer of Kenyan goods[/h]
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A goods truck crosses into Tanzania from Kenya at the Namanga border. Tanzania raised consumption of Kenyan exports by 3.4 per cent at the end of third quarter of last year. File Nation Media Group
By George Omondi


In Summary

  • The data prepared by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows that Tanzania and the UK each accounted for Sh30 billion that Kenya exported to various destinations of the world by the end of September, narrowing Uganda's lead of Sh44 billion



Tanzania looked set to start the year as the second largest destination for Kenyan goods after Uganda even as Chinese and Indian products flooded its market.

Official data shows that Tanzania's consumption of Kenya's exports went up by 3.4 per cent at the end of third quarter of last year, catching up with the United Kingdom which has been second.

The data prepared by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows that Tanzania and the UK each accounted for Sh30 billion that Kenya exported to various destinations of the world by the end of September, narrowing Uganda's lead of Sh44 billion.

But India and China -the two sources of products that have dominated Kenya's market in the last five years - have maintained their lead with 2012 imports rising to Sh125 billion and Sh127 billion respectively by third quarter.

"Generally, the direction of trade will always be determined by ability of any trading partner's producers to meet domestic needs," says Mr Vimal Shah, Managing Director of Bidco Oil Refinery.

Local producers and consumers looking for bargains have increasingly turned to Asia for high-value goods such as electronics, machinery, vehicle and medicines which drive import volumes compared to semi processed commodities such as leather that Kenya exports.

Last year, the two countries accounted for Sh294bn or 22 per cent of the Sh1.3 trillion worth of goods that Kenya shipped in from different countries of the world. In comparison, the four EAC partners only managed to ship in a total of Sh26.9 billion over the period.

READ: China beats India to top trade spot with Kenya

This trend is expected to continue through 2013, players have said, citing trade in primary goods, similar manufacturing goods and use of same technology that have hit trade among African countries.

It is only South Africa-- which due to its strong and efficient manufacturing base produces a wide range of products - that has penetrated and defended its market in Kenya over the years.

"It is not possible for landlocked neighbours or even Tanzania to import raw materials, produce products already available in Kenya and transport them back here for sale," said Mr Shah.

In spite of various economic pacts with African countries like the 19-member Comesa and the five-member EAC common market, only South Africa, which belongs to none of these blocs, is in the list of Kenya's top 10 sources of imports.

The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) is however convinced that full implementation of the Common Market Protocol will level the playground.

In a report released two weeks ago by EALA's Committee on Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolution, the regional MPs want partner states to match their plans with action "to protect optimism and strong support that citizens have for the economic integration."

The team headed by Kenya's representative Abubakar Zein Abubakar, released the report after last month's trip that covered Dar es Salaam via Rusumo to Kigali, Mombasa via Malaba and Katuna to Kigali.

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waltham said:
mr. story teller/google instructor grade 4..umejaribu lakini hiyo yoye hewa tupu.hukusema lolote, ni kiini macho tu.tupo hapo kwenu biashara.waruhusiwa kupiga kelele tumesizoe kwani ya vyula ng'ombe unywa maji tu, haizuii kitu kamwe kaka.na kingireza ukitumia haeleweki kabisa lakini kiswahili upo sawa.jikite huku kwa waswahili!
Tanzania set to become top buyer of Kenyan goods

namanga.jpg
A goods truck crosses into Tanzania from Kenya at the Namanga border. Tanzania raised consumption of Kenyan exports by 3.4 per cent at the end of third quarter of last year. File Nation Media Group
By George Omondi


In Summary

  • The data prepared by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows that Tanzania and the UK each accounted for Sh30 billion that Kenya exported to various destinations of the world by the end of September, narrowing Uganda's lead of Sh44 billion



Tanzania looked set to start the year as the second largest destination for Kenyan goods after Uganda even as Chinese and Indian products flooded its market.

Official data shows that Tanzania's consumption of Kenya's exports went up by 3.4 per cent at the end of third quarter of last year, catching up with the United Kingdom which has been second.

The data prepared by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows that Tanzania and the UK each accounted for Sh30 billion that Kenya exported to various destinations of the world by the end of September, narrowing Uganda's lead of Sh44 billion.

But India and China -the two sources of products that have dominated Kenya's market in the last five years - have maintained their lead with 2012 imports rising to Sh125 billion and Sh127 billion respectively by third quarter.

"Generally, the direction of trade will always be determined by ability of any trading partner's producers to meet domestic needs," says Mr Vimal Shah, Managing Director of Bidco Oil Refinery.

Local producers and consumers looking for bargains have increasingly turned to Asia for high-value goods such as electronics, machinery, vehicle and medicines which drive import volumes compared to semi processed commodities such as leather that Kenya exports.

Last year, the two countries accounted for Sh294bn or 22 per cent of the Sh1.3 trillion worth of goods that Kenya shipped in from different countries of the world. In comparison, the four EAC partners only managed to ship in a total of Sh26.9 billion over the period.

READ: China beats India to top trade spot with Kenya

This trend is expected to continue through 2013, players have said, citing trade in primary goods, similar manufacturing goods and use of same technology that have hit trade among African countries.

It is only South Africa-- which due to its strong and efficient manufacturing base produces a wide range of products - that has penetrated and defended its market in Kenya over the years.

"It is not possible for landlocked neighbours or even Tanzania to import raw materials, produce products already available in Kenya and transport them back here for sale," said Mr Shah.

In spite of various economic pacts with African countries like the 19-member Comesa and the five-member EAC common market, only South Africa, which belongs to none of these blocs, is in the list of Kenya's top 10 sources of imports.

The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) is however convinced that full implementation of the Common Market Protocol will level the playground.

In a report released two weeks ago by EALA's Committee on Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolution, the regional MPs want partner states to match their plans with action "to protect optimism and strong support that citizens have for the economic integration."

The team headed by Kenya's representative Abubakar Zein Abubakar, released the report after last month's trip that covered Dar es Salaam via Rusumo to Kigali, Mombasa via Malaba and Katuna to Kigali.

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Sishangai Mkenya kujiona Guru wa Kiingereza, hamjaanza leo, by the way, i am not looking up to Kenya, to justify my language abilities, I actually stopped to care about how well i speak English about 20 years go. As of now, English as a language comes in my circles when we can't figure out what the heck that Liverpool accented waiter was talking about and if that waiter had better be from Newcastle, not that it makes it any better. Where i am it really doesnt matter where u are from as anything not from oxford is pretty much an accent and not British/royal enough.If you don't understand my flow, i only feel pitty for you as it simply means, you are to slow to catch up.And yes please save us misery and write in English only as your Swahili is bonkers. Ongeza trip za Mombasa, that helps you know.
I am not surprise you keep posting Kenyan Articles about how well Kenya Economy is doing, because that's the only place you would see such obvious chest beatings. I would raise an eyebrow if whatever you have pasted came from Bloomberg or financial times.
How is your Facing East Strategy doing so far?
I will keep on reminding you that, Kenya has nothing to beat it's chest for against Tanzania, we are all in the same bracket. And from now looking forward, i can't really see Kenya besting TZ economy, as in EA only TZ can boast ,multiple Multi-Billion dollar projects under implementation, of which it's nothing much to boast about, when Facebook pays $19B for a messaging platform. Sends a reminder of how tinny we are, and the need to humble down.
 
Kimweri said:
Sishangai Mkenya kujiona Guru wa Kiingereza, hamjaanza leo, by the way, i am not looking up to Kenya, to justify my language abilities, I actually stopped to care about how well i speak English about 20 years go. As of now, English as a language comes in my circles when we can't figure out what the heck that Liverpool accented waiter was talking about and if that waiter had better be from Newcastle, not that it makes it any better. Where i am it really doesnt matter where u are from as anything not from oxford is pretty much an accent and not British/royal enough.If you don't understand my flow, i only feel pitty for you as it simply means, you are to slow to catch up.And yes please save us misery and write in English only as your Swahili is bonkers. Ongeza trip za Mombasa, that helps you know.
I am not surprise you keep posting Kenyan Articles about how well Kenya Economy is doing, because that's the only place you would see such obvious chest beatings. I would raise an eyebrow if whatever you have pasted came from Bloomberg or financial times.
How is your Facing East Strategy doing so far?
I will keep on reminding you that, Kenya has nothing to beat it's chest for against Tanzania, we are all in the same bracket. And from now looking forward, i can't really see Kenya besting TZ economy, as in EA only TZ can boast ,multiple Multi-Billion dollar projects under implementation, of which it's nothing much to boast about, when Facebook pays $19B for a messaging platform. Sends a reminder of how tinny we are, and the need to humble down.
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kaka.its chest beating not beating the chest oh no.and can you please list those mega projects in tz and there progress status my google/facebook friend.ni kichekesho hiki.miradi tz ni ndani ya daftari zinazo kusanya vumbi bila utekelekezaji wowote.dar port, tanga port, reli, meno ya tembo.list goes on.your league kaka ni malawi, swaziland.should i remind you all the time.
 
waltham said:
kaka.its chest beating not beating the chest oh no.and can you please list those mega projects in tz and there progress status my google/facebook friend.ni kichekesho hiki.miradi tz ni ndani ya daftari zinazo kusanya vumbi bila utekelekezaji wowote.dar port, tanga port, reli, meno ya tembo.list goes on.your league kaka ni malawi, swaziland.should i remind you all the time.
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For a moment i had hopes u had some glimmer of credibility to warranty proper intelligent debate. I do not approve a lot of what CCM does, but if for a second you think Chinese President will ship his ego to Africa, to inaugurate white elephant projects then you are such a child and you have never visited China to actually learn the kinds of leaders China have. Whatever you listen on CNN about Chinese leaders needs serious revisiting.

Those >$19B in projects will be done in Time and probably the man himself will come back to open them.If you don't understand what is happening in Tanzania regarding these projects then kindly educate yourself rather than resolving to look like an idiot in public forums.

Kama unataka kujua list ya Major projects in TZ tembelea TIC ofisi zao ziko Mirambo street, Dar es Salaam, that's as far as i can help you.( don't be surprised am still helping you even in my last post before i stop replying to your lazy ego, you need help).
 
kijani11 said:
Urefu wa Dar -Himo lakini naona mada imekuwa kuhusu Kenya na Tanzania's economic power.
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Kuna kibwengo kutoka NRB kaona hii ndio sehemu yake ya kutoa frustrations zake na kuleta hadithi zao zisizoisha kuwa Kenya ni superpower'.
kaambiwa distance imekosewa anaanza kuropoka ooh, watanzania tu-inferior kwa wakenya, tunawaogopa, na blah bla mingi sisizo na kichwa wala miguu.
wahenga wanasema uongo ukirudiwa watu hudhani ndio ukweli.Watu wengi wanaamini kuwa hawa jamaa wako mbele au zaidi ya TZ kwa mbali sana, wakati hawana lolote la kupigia sisi kelele.
I had to straighten up his shit.
 
Kimweri said:
For a moment i had hopes u had some glimmer of credibility to warranty proper intelligent debate. I do not approve a lot of what CCM does, but if for a second you think Chinese President will ship his ego to Africa, to inaugurate white elephant projects then you are such a child and you have never visited China to actually learn the kinds of leaders China have. Whatever you listen on CNN about Chinese leaders needs serious revisiting.

Those >$19B in projects will be done in Time and probably the man himself will come back to open them.If you don't understand what is happening in Tanzania regarding these projects then kindly educate yourself rather than resolving to look like an idiot in public forums.

Kama unataka kujua list ya Major projects in TZ tembelea TIC ofisi zao ziko Mirambo street, Dar es Salaam, that's as far as i can help you.( don't be surprised am still helping you even in my last post before i stop replying to your lazy ego, you need help).
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thank you for helping me kaka.nahitaji msaada wako kwani unaongea just zero.hakuna mradi wowote worthy your mention ndiyo chanzo cha blah bla yako.
chinese Dar port kuna nini huku kaka
mombasa drenched the port and moreberths are under construction in the same period
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12- Period in months in which Chinese company had pledged to finish construction of two berths at Dar es Salaam Port
By The Citizen Reporters

Posted Monday, January 6 2014 at 08:33
In Summary

  • Transport minister Mwakyembe had earlier advised Beijing, which was willing to finance the construction of berths 13 and 14, to bring an alternative firm to undertake the job
  • China ready to lend Dar, build port and leave; Impala set to build and manage port



Dar es Salaam. When state-owned Chinese companies became aware that Tanzania needed to expand its overwhelmed Dar es Salaam Port, they responded positively, to the effect that China would offer the funds, but under one condition: a Beijing firm should be awarded the multimillion-dollar tender.

That was 2010. A feasibility study was conducted in 2011 and the conclusion was that the construction cost would be roughly $600million. This is according to insider details gathered by The Citizen.

The company that clinched the lucrative tender was none other than yet another state-owned, China Communication Construction Company (CCCC).

The financier was China's Exim Bank, which agreed to lend Tanzania the amount needed to make Dar es Salaam Port withstand the growing business threat from its main regional rival, the Mombasa Port, at the interest rate of 2 per cent payable within 20 years.

But, before the deal was executed, sharp divisions emerged between the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) management and the then Transport minister, Mr Omar Nundu, with the latter accusing the management of being bribed by the Chinese firm.

What transpired was a damning revelation tabled in Parliament, which crucified the former minister, accusing him of stalling the process to expand the Dar Port at the expense of the country's economy.

The revelation forced Mr Nundu and his deputy out of the ministry, leaving behind a damning legacy.

According to details gathered by The Citizen, when Dr Harrison Mwakyembe was appointed new minister for Transport in May, 2012, he had a word to give to the Chinese:

"We can't trade with a company that is already tainted by scandals," he reportedly told the Chinese representative early last year.

The minister advised that the Chinese government, which was willing to finance the construction of berths 13 and 14, should bring an alternative firm to undertake the job, The Citizen has been told.

China, according to well-placed sources within the TPA top management, appointed the China Harbour Engineering Construction (CHEC) to do the job.

The Citizen understands that in all projects financed by China through loans or grants, the tender is always awarded to a Chinese company.

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