Tanzania cleverly uses military in construction of $1.92bn railway being built by Turkish firm

[Zuwenna]

Hii ni sera nzuri sana kuwatumia wanajeshi namna hii. Vipindi vya amani JWTZ wanafaa kutumika kuinjenga nchi si kukaa barracks wakipiga story na umbea.
Keeps millitary busy

Michango yako mingi Yakutupongeza Watanzania
We mkenya kweli!!

 

[Geza Ulole]

Most of Chinese big corporations started in Army including the rail construction company CCECC in Kenya!



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The Behemoth That is China Railway Construction Corporation Ltd (HKG:1186)
November 10, 2014 Willie Keng 0 Comments china, construction, financing,infrastructure, investments, mexico, railway, south america









Successor to the Railway Corps of the People’s Liberation Army, China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (HKSE: 1186) was established by China Railway Construction Corporation in Nov 2007 and supervised under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC).


The Group is one of the largest integrated construction companies in China with a dual listing in both the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Mar 2008. With total assets of RMB553 billion, the Group’s operating businesses cover 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, as well as 69 foreign countries in the world.

Business Operations

Construction operations
The Group’s main business line, focusing primarily on infrastructure construction including railway, energy facilities and municipal projects. Some of the major projects completed include the Hong Kong West Rail, Nigeria Railway Systems and the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Project. In 2013, revenue in construction operations stood at RMB468 billion

Survey, design and consultancy operations
Provides consultancy services on transport infrastructure construction at both the national and provincial levels. Revenue in this segment stood at RMB7.8 billion in 2013.

Manufacturing operations
The Group engages in the R&D, manufacturing, sales, maintenance and repair of large track machinery such as railway switches and rail fasteners. Revenue in this segment accounted for RMB11.8 billion

The recent news on Mexico revoking a US$3.75 billion (RMB23 billion) joint Mexico-China rail deal might have put a large dent to the state-owned corporation’s contract value, however CRCC still has a healthy backlog of outstanding contracts at RMB1.6 billion in 2013, including RMB6.9 billion new contracts during the year.

Value in Action
With China’s large foreign reserves and the financial support of state banks, the potential for overseas construction projects is huge given that other emerging economies such as the South American countries are still looking toward the mainland economy for infrastructure financing.

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More of the CCEC projects across Africa

China-built railway projects in Africa
Source:Xinhua Published: 2018/8/28 18:15:05

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A photo taken on September 20, 2015, shows the Addis Ababa Light Rail, which has started passenger services after its launch in September in Ethiopia. The 34-kilometer urban light rail line in Addis Ababa was built by China Railway Group Limited in January 2012 and opened to the public in September 2015. Being the first modern urban light rail in operation on the African continent, it will greatly improve the travel efficiency of Addis Ababa residents and promote economic development for the whole city. Photo: Sun Ruibo/Xinhua

The crew of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway smile in front of a camera at Dar es Salaam Station in Tanzania on May 31, 2016. The Tanzania-Zambia Railway runs 1,860.5 km from the Tanzanian port city of Dar es Salaam to the southern African city of Kapiri Mposhi in central Zambia, and is built with an interest-free loan from the Chinese government. It is one of China's largest foreign aid packages, with China sending more than 50,000 engineers and technicians to finish this project. Photo: Zhai Jianlan/Xinhua

A photo taken on September 1, 2016, shows a construction site of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Mombasa, Kenya. The SGR, contracted by the China Communications Construction Company Ltd, was built by China Road & Bridge Corporation. It connects Mombasa, the largest port in east Africa, to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. The passenger train service of the 480-km railway was launched in May, 2017. The railway, Kenya's largest infrastructure project in more than half a century, also connects six East African countries, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan. Photo: Pan Siwei/Xinhua

A test train runs along the bridge of the Ethio-Djibouti Railway in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on October 3, 2016. The 752.7km Ethio-Djibouti Railway, started construction in September 2010. It had a speed of 120km/hour, and was constructed by China Railway Group Limited and China Railway Construction Corporation. Photo: Sun Ruibo/Xinhua

An Angolan worker checks the route along the Benguela Railway on July 3, 2014. The Benguela railway is the longest that China has built overseas after the Tanzania-Zambia Railway. The project, which was built by the China Railway 20 Bureau Group Corporation, is 1,344 km long. It runs from the Atlantic port city of Lobito to Benguela, Huambo, Kuito, Luena and other important cities in the east, reaching to the border city of Luo. Photo: Pang Shuguang/Xinhua

Passengers walk along the Dar es Salaam station of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway in Tanzania on May 31, 2016. The Tanzania-Zambia Railway runs 1,860.5 km from the eastern Tanzanian port city of Dar es Salaam to the southern African city of Kapiri Mposhi in central Zambia. It was built with an interest-free loan from the Chinese government. It is one of China's largest foreign aid packages, with China sending more than 50,000 engineers and technicians to finish this project. Photo: Zhai Jianlan/Xinhua

Chinese engineer Zhang Qingchun (center left) works with the Kenyans at a construction site of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Mombasa, Kenya on April 9, 2016. Photo: Pan Siwei/Xinhua

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (center) rides a train on the Aka Railway from the Idu Railway Station on the western outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria, on July 26, 2016. In October 2006, the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation and Nigeria signed a Nigerian Railway Modernization Project. The project runs 1,315 km from Lagos, the largest city in southern Kenya and economic center, through the capital Abuja as it goes north to the northern town of Cano. The Aka Railway began construction in 2011 and was officially opened to the public in July 2016. Photo: Yang Hongjie/Xinhua

Angolan children play along the side of the Benguela Railway on July 9, 2014. Photo: Pang Shuguang/Xinhua

A photo taken on April 27, 2014, shows the workers of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation laying new railroad tracks at a construction site for the Ethio-Djibouti Railways in Ethiopia's Dire Dawa. Photo: Sun Ruibo/Xinhua

A photo taken on October 19, 2016, shows a construction site of the Nairobi-Malaba Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Project in Kajiado County, Kenya. The first phase of the Nairobi-Malaba SGR Project started construction on October 19, 2016. Photo: Pan Siwei/Xinhua

A photo taken on September 11, 2015, shows the Lubango Railway Station, which is part of the Moçâmedes Railway. The 1,003km railway runs from the west seaport city of Namibe to Menongue, and has two spur lines.Constructed by the China Hyway Group, it is a main line in the south of Angola, and connects two important iron ore areas in southern Angola. Photo: Deng Tian/Xinhua

China-built railway projects in Africa - Global Times

 

[kennedy0000]

How sure are you that, the recruited military based civil engineers are not entitled with allowance!??? So far their scope is not limited to that extent


Soma jeshi la marekani uone linavyojenga madaraja ya Nchi yake

There are engineers in the military, whose skills are required particularly during war.
You may not know that there is a lot of infrastructure building during wartime, both at home and in enemy territory.
When their skills are not being used for military uses, they have other things to do in the barrack. That's their full time job.

 

[Geza Ulole]

There are engineers in the military, whose skills are required particularly during war.
You may not know that there is a lot of infrastructure building during wartime, both at home and in enemy territory.
When their skills are not being used for military uses, they have other things to do in the barrack. That's their full time job.

We r doing exactly what u just said. Now our 57 engineers at SGR Project r updating their skills. Who knows may be Mtwara-Mbababay SGR will be undertaken by a our military construction company!

 

[kennedy0000]

I told you, you don't amend anything was not written down before, you write a new section. Show us where in constitution the current Kenya constitution which shows the position of a prime minister for you to amend. Your tirelessly arguing things such are not there; there is one thing changing constitution like Uganda did abolishing age limit of president (which mean deleting a section on constitution and write another one afresh) and amending small clues like presidential salary which is already there. In Kenya people are taking introducing ceremonial president and prime minister, non of this exists on the current constitution. Even if is 1% if something new going in the constitution that is change from what you have before.

You are really a headache trying to explain simple things to.
Introducing a prime minister position is a simple matter of amending the section that lists the government structure.

In this case, we would be amending Chapter 9 of our Constitution, 'The Executive'. Here we will list the new structure, and go ahead and list the functions of the Prime Minister.
If the functions of the president will be affected, the same changes will be made in this section.
I've even edited that section for you so you can finally understand.

Why are you assuming that amending is just about deleting? There are many examples from many countries. I even gave you an example of USA's 18th amendment, popularly known as 'Prohibition'.

When congress made the amendment to ban alcohol, which part of the constitution did they delete?

Sometimes you make us really wonder about your education system.
A standard 6 pupil here in Kenya knows what amending clauses in the constitution is, and what changing the constitution is.

From a legal jargon point of view, those words mean totally different things.

 

[kennedy0000]

Hahahaha hahahaha, unadhani umeelewa kwamba katiba mpya haijasaidia lolote katika kutatua matatizo ya wakenya, umeshindwa kutoa measurable evidence kuonyesha hivyo hapo juu vimepungua kwa kiasi gani kutokana na upatikanaji wa katika mpya, badala take unapiga domo tupu.

Kupata katiba mpya haimaanishi tumepata pesa mpya.
Katiba mpya imesaidia sana kugawa hizi pesa kwa haki.

Before 2010, some places in Kenya had not seen a tarmac road. Some places had to travel hundreds of km to reach a hospital.
That's because the national government concentrated all the resources to where majority of the country lives.

Now, every county irrespective of how far it is from Nairobi, gets allocated a good amount of money.
That's just an economic consequence of the new constitution.

There are more consequences, from political to social. But I would need a whole day.

Also, one major reason for tribalism was the perception that resources were not been allocated fairly. Now, every county gets a fair allocation of the country resources.
Tribalism will not disappear overnight, but the new constitution was a big leap forward.

 

[joto la jiwe]

Kupata katiba mpya haimaanishi tumepata pesa mpya.
Katiba mpya imesaidia sana kugawa hizi pesa kwa haki.

Before 2010, some places in Kenya had not seen a tarmac road. Some places had to travel hundreds of km to reach a hospital.
That's because the national government concentrated all the resources to where majority of the country lives.

Now, every county irrespective of how far it is from Nairobi, gets allocated a good amount of money.
That's just an economic consequence of the new constitution.

There are more consequences, from political to social. But I would need a whole day.

Also, one major reason for tribalism was the perception that resources were not been allocated fairly. Now, every county gets a fair allocation of the country resources.
Tribalism will not disappear overnight, but the new constitution was a big leap forward.

Acha maneno mingi bwana, nimekuwekea list ya matatizo ya wakenya wanataka serikali iyapatie ufumbuzi, hiyo katiba mpya onyesha tangu 2010 imesaidia lipi?.

Magufuli kabla ya kuwa rais, corruption Perception index ilikua 60%, ndani ya miaka miwili na nusu ya uongozi wake imeshuka hadi 5% kwa katiba hiyohiyo. Kenya baada ya katiba mpya every thing went to worse.

 

[Mwanzi1]

You are really a headache trying to explain simple things to.
Introducing a prime minister position is a simple matter of amending the section that lists the government structure.

In this case, we would be amending Chapter 9 of our Constitution, 'The Executive'. Here we will list the new structure, and go ahead and list the functions of the Prime Minister.
If the functions of the president will be affected, the same changes will be made in this section.
I've even edited that section for you so you can finally understand.

View attachment 901489

Why are you assuming that amending is just about deleting? There are many examples from many countries. I even gave you an example of USA's 18th amendment, popularly known as 'Prohibition'.

When congress made the amendment to ban alcohol, which part of the constitution did they delete?

Sometimes you make us really wonder about your education system.
A standard 6 pupil here in Kenya knows what amending clauses in the constitution is, and what changing the constitution is.

From a legal jargon point of view, those words mean totally different things.

Since you don't know what people wants, you can say what you want. But introducing a higher position in government which by definition it is not defined in current constitution, some paragraphs in constitution will have to give way and some deleted. For example what will be the roll of vice president in new government assuming the position is still there. Who will be answerable to the parliament when it comes to government business in the Parliament, will the PM be elected or appointed, how do you define the term in office etc... If those things are not in the current constitution, then they will have to be introduce according to the "will of the people". So you can go ahead bringing your stand two amendment thinking is just the matter of squeezing some few words here and there and everything will be fine, there legal implication if any part of constitution is not defined well. And if they go by the level of your understanding, they will be back on the drawing board just like they're doing now.

 

[kennedy0000]

Acha maneno mingi bwana, nimekuwekea list ya matatizo ya wakenya wanataka serikali iyapatie ufumbuzi, hiyo katiba mpya onyesha tangu 2010 imesaidia lipi?.

Magufuli kabla ya kuwa rais, corruption Perception index ilikua 60%, ndani ya miaka miwili na nusu ya uongozi wake imeshuka hadi 5% kwa katiba hiyohiyo. Kenya baada ya katiba mpya every thing went to worse.

You were expecting a piece of document to solve all our problems? If it were that easy, countries would be creating new constitutions every month.

The constitution is just but a foundation. And things will change gradually.

The main purpose of a constitution is to improve governance. The rule book has been written. Doing away with old habits like corruption will not happen in one week.

But we have already started seeing the benefits of having independent offices. Public officials not being directed by the president.

The day we elect a weak president, we're sure the Judiciary will work. The police service will not stop.
Top public officials being dragged to court through independent processes is a deterrent for other crimes.

We keep doing this and in 50 years Kenya will be unrecognizable.

Tanzania you are still in the stage of 'strong man' instead of 'strong institutions'.
Been there, done that.

 

[kennedy0000]

Since you don't know what people wants, you can say what you want. But introducing a higher position in government which by definition it is not defined in current constitution, some paragraphs in constitution will have to give way and some deleted. For example what will be the roll of vice president in new government assuming the position is still there. Who will be answerable to the parliament when it comes to government business in the Parliament, will the PM be elected or appointed, how do you define the term in office etc... If those things are not in the current constitution, then they will have to be introduce according to the "will of the people". So you can go ahead bringing your stand two amendment thinking is just the matter of squeezing some few words here and there and everything will be fine, there legal implication if any part of constitution is not defined well. And if they go by the level of your understanding, they will be back on the drawing board just like they're doing now.

Congratulations. You have finally defined constitution amendment.

Constitutional amendments are some of the most famous and most studied pieces of legislation world over. You thought they were just 2 lines of words?

This is a long and tedious process, and it is likely we will not even accomplish it in 5 years. Agreeing on what is being amended is first of all the most difficult task.
Followed by the wording of all the clauses or sections to be affected.