Udongo Mwekundu Bypass - Mombasa

[Mpendwa1]

President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a joint press conference at the close of the 6th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (Ticad) on August 28, 2016. Japan and Kenya have signed a Sh27.3bn deal to build Dongo Kundu hub.

Kenya has secured Sh27.3 billion from Japan to construct an industrial and commercial hub in Dongo Kundu, Mombasa.

The first phase of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ), which is expected to alter the coastal town in terms of infrastructure and business, is scheduled to be ready by 2019.

An agreement signed by the governments of Kenya and Japan on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Convention on Africa Development (Ticad) shows that of the Sh27.3 billion ($269.9 million), Sh21.36 billion is a long term soft loan while Sh5.969 billion is a grant.

“The Government of Japan will finance the basic infrastructure of phase one through a concessional loan of US$210.8 million and grant assistance of US$58.9 million,” the MoU says.

The industrial and commercial hub, which will sit on 1,326 hectares, is part of the master plan for the development of the Mombasa Special Economic Zone that was conceived and prepared with assistance from Japan in 2015.

The deal involves the development of infrastructure, including Berth 1 at the Port of Mombasa, access roads, transmission line, water supply pipeline from the mainland and a sub-station, drainage, power supply and a free trade zone in the zone.


Source: Daily Nation

 

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Artistic Impression:

 

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[Duduwasha]

Hivi waafrica hatuwezi kujenga yenyewe hadi tujengewe? Nini faida ya kusoma?

 

[Mpendwa1]

Miritini - Kipevu Road

 

[Mpendwa1]

Hivi waafrica hatuwezi kujenga yenyewe hadi tujengewe? Nini faida ya kusoma?

Natumai tutasoma kutoka kwao ndio siku za usoni mwaafrika ajisimamie. Nakuunga mkono hapo.

 

[saadeque]

go Mombasa go.....

 

[MK254]

Hiyo imetulia, yaani safi sana, halafu kumbe dongo kundu lilitokana na jina udongo mwekundu, sasa mbona mlipindisha maana kulitamka inakua balaa.

Mambasa itakua raha sana, yaani hii miundo mbinu ikamilike fasta.

 

[Mpendwa1]

Hiyo imetulia, yaani safi sana, halafu kumbe dongo kundu lilitokana na jina udongo mwekundu, sasa mbona mlipindisha maana kulitamka inakua balaa.

Mambasa itakua raha sana, yaani hii miundo mbinu ikamilike fasta.

Mimi ndio nimeandika jina hilo la udongo mwekundu maana hiyo ndio maana yake. mara ya mwisho nilipoandika "dongo kundu" moderators walirekebisha neno "kundu" wakidhania ni matusi. Ni kweli neno hilo lina maana zaidi ya moja.

 

[Duduwasha]

Miritini - Kipevu Road

mkuu asikudanganye mtu miaka na miaka hatujui kujenga wenyewe na ujinga wetu wataendelea kutujengea hadi vizazi na vizazi

 

[Mpendwa1]

mkuu asikudanganye mtu miaka na miaka hatujui kujenga wenyewe na ujinga wetu wataendelea kutujengea hadi vizazi na vizazi

Sikusema kuna mtu amenidanganya. Ukisoma jibu langu hapo awali nimesema "natumai" kwa hivyo only time will tell. Either mwaafrika aamke ama aendelee kulala. Najuwa tungetaka tuamke lakini again only time will tell.

 

[Quickly]

Sikusema kuna mtu amenidanganya. Ukisoma jibu langu hapo awali nimesema "natumai" kwa hivyo only time will tell. Either mwaafrika aamke ama aendelee kulala. Najuwa tungetaka tuamke lakini again only time will tell.

Mpendwa1 , unafanya kwenye hili project? Nilikuwa mombasani mwezi wa 2, niliona wakifanya earthworks kwa bidii.

 

[Quickly]

Hivi waafrica hatuwezi kujenga yenyewe hadi tujengewe? Nini faida ya kusoma?

nadhani hujaelewa jinsi miradi ya kisasa yanavyo enda. Hawa wajapani wanaingia kwa hivi vigezo:
1. Mara nyingi serikali lina miradi mikubwa lakini sababu ya kusawazisha bajeti na kuisambaza kwenye kila sekta vikiwemo afya,kilimo,mahakama n.k pesa linakosekana. Panapo pungufu ,inabidi waingishe wadau wengine kama WB AfDB nk ,na zamu hii japan imekubali kutupa huo mkopo yenye kulipwa kwa riba inayoeleweka. Mara kwa mara hawa WB na AfDB wanaleta sarakasi na vituko inabidi watafute mwingine mfadhili. Licha ya uchumi kudhoofika japani, mabenki bado yana fedha, ila masoko na miradi ya kuiwekeza ndio adimu.(Too much liquidity in banks in spite of a slow economy).

2. Japani wamestushwa na jinsi wachina wamesambaa kwenye nchi za kiafrika. Katika geopolitics ya bara Asia, hawa vifaru wawili hawapendi kuona mwenzao akishinda, na bara afika imeibuka kuwa uwanja mpya wa huo vita yao baridi. Kwa hiyo kupata hiyo kandarasi ni fursa kwao kupenyeza nafasi za miradi nchini kenya ,hasa ukizingatia wamepoteza soko tangu waijenge lile mradi wa umeme wa sondu miriu kaunti ya kisumu miaka karibia 15 iliyopita. Kampuni zao zimepata kichapo sana kutioka ya wachina. (Upping the ante on the chinese in a war for strategic influence on the african continent).

 

[MK254]

nadhani hujaelewa jinsi miradi ya kisasa yanavyo enda. Hawa wajapani wanaingia kwa hivi vigezo:
1. Mara nyingi serikali lina miradi mikubwa lakini sababu ya kusawazisha bajeti na kuisambaza kwenye kila sekta vikiwemo afya,kilimo,mahakama n.k pesa linakosekana. Panapo pungufu ,inabidi waingishe wadau wengine kama WB AfDB nk ,na zamu hii japan imekubali kutupa huo mkopo yenye kulipwa kwa riba inayoeleweka. Mara kwa mara hawa WB na AfDB wanaleta sarakasi na vituko inabidi watafute mwingine mfadhili. Licha ya uchumi kudhoofika japani, mabenki bado yana fedha, ila masoko na miradi ya kuiwekeza ndio adimu.(Too much liquidity in banks in spite of a slow economy).

2. Japani wamestushwa na jinsi wachina wamesambaa kwenye nchi za kiafrika. Katika geopolitics ya bara Asia, hawa vifaru wawili hawapendi kuona mwenzao akishinda, na bara afika imeibuka kuwa uwanja mpya wa huo vita yao baridi. Kwa hiyo kupata hiyo kandarasi ni fursa kwao kupenyeza nafasi za miradi nchini kenya ,hasa ukizingatia wamepoteza soko tangu waijenge lile mradi wa umeme wa sondu miriu kaunti ya kisumu miaka karibia 15 iliyopita. Kampuni zao zimepata kichapo sana kutioka ya wachina. (Upping the ante on the chinese in a war for strategic influence on the african continent).

Hebu Quickly give me your unbiased analysis on usefulness of dry port in Naivasha and its importance to both macro and micro economics of the country. I was celebrating the initiative until CORD/NASA came up with claims that it's meant to steal business from port of Mombasa and hence rendering so many Kenyans jobless.
This scared me, I always shudder and get jittery at every initiative or anything that can increase the already alarming unemployment rate in our country.

 

[Kafrican]

Hebu Quickly give me your unbiased analysis on usefulness of dry port in Naivasha and its importance to both macro and micro economics of the country. I was celebrating the initiative until CORD/NASA came up with claims that it's meant to steal business from port of Mombasa and hence rendering so many Kenyans jobless.
This scared me, I always shudder and get jittery at every initiative or anything that can increase the already alarming unemployment rate in our country.

before you are given one by Quickly let me also attempt to contribute although I don't know anything about macroeconomics... mine is just layman's....

Yes indeed jobs from specific sectors will be lost (but will later be regained through increased trade)... but not to Naivasha but rather to Nairobi Inland Container Depot ICD ... The Naivasha ICD is not a threat to Mombasa, Infact the Kisumu port at lake victoria and its subsequent ICD will be bigger than the Naivasha one.... I thiink the main reason they chose to build a dry port at Naivasha is because of the planned Industrial park so that goods from the park can have a holding area and also be loaded or raw material from other parts or imported can be offloaded. The reason for an industrial park in Naivasha is availability of fresh water (especially for food processing plants), unlimited cheap Geothermal (remember if you are lucky enough to live next to a geothermal plant, you will never experience a blackout), the power is unlimited meaning you could melt iron all day and not even feel a pinch on power bill... Plus it doesnt hurt if the industrial park is far from the port... this means atleast, Atrain carrying goods directly to kisumu port destined for Kisumu and its evirons plus Uganda and rwanda, will not return empty to Mombasa, it will pick up manufactured goods in Naivasha and supply them to nairobi and the rest to mombasa and other goods ready for export to the port of Mombasa... And thus, the jobs that Naivasha might have stolen will be returned back... As mombasa will need to handle the export processing...

lets not forget that Nairobi and Eldoret already have an ICD as we speak Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority: Inland Container Depots The Nairobi ICD will increase its capacity from 180,000 TEU pa to 400,000(If I rem correctly), The Naivasha one will be much smaller, While for Kisumu it will be bigger because it will also handle for EA cargo.. Remeber after the new terminal in Mombasa was completed, Mombasa can now handle 1.75Million TEU pa so those ICD got nothing on Mombasa , they plan to add another terminal to increase the capacity of Mombasa to 2.5Million TEU pa!!!! KENYA’S INLAND CONTAINER DEPOT IN NAIROBI NEARING COMPLETION | Knowledge Bylanes Kenya

So while some jobs will move to Nairobi and Naivasha and Kisumu..... This will decongest the port of Mombasa.... The decongestion will mean the port of Mombasa will be relived thus making it faster and more efficient at clearing cargo from the port... This means more ships will be processed at any given time ....thus more workerd will be needed leading to a larger throughput making the port more competitive...in the end, more cargo will be offloaded at the port thus giving back the jobs....(Jobs stolen from other regional ports and also as a result of increased trade)


anyway, Japan is building a special economic zone in "Udongo mwekundu" costing 30 billion (and they said the 30 billion is just for basic infrastructure meaning the actual investment by private companies could excess over billion in dollars) So Mombasa will still be the main transport hub in the cargo business




KPA ICDs explanation ICD Nairobi

 

[LangatKipro]

here we go Port Reitz Roads under construction Mombasa

 

[MK254]

before you are given one by Quickly let me also attempt to contribute although I don't know anything about macroeconomics... mine is just layman's....

Yes indeed jobs from specific sectors will be lost (but will later be regained through increased trade)... but not to Naivasha but rather to Nairobi Inland Container Depot ICD ... The Naivasha ICD is not a threat to Mombasa, Infact the Kisumu port at lake victoria and its subsequent ICD will be bigger than the Naivasha one.... I thiink the main reason they chose to build a dry port at Naivasha is because of the planned Industrial park so that goods from the park can have a holding area and also be loaded or raw material from other parts or imported can be offloaded. The reason for an industrial park in Naivasha is availability of fresh water (especially for food processing plants), unlimited cheap Geothermal (remember if you are lucky enough to live next to a geothermal plant, you will never experience a blackout), the power is unlimited meaning you could melt iron all day and not even feel a pinch on power bill... Plus it doesnt hurt if the industrial park is far from the port... this means atleast, Atrain carrying goods directly to kisumu port destined for Kisumu and its evirons plus Uganda and rwanda, will not return empty to Mombasa, it will pick up manufactured goods in Naivasha and supply them to nairobi and the rest to mombasa and other goods ready for export to the port of Mombasa... And thus, the jobs that Naivasha might have stolen will be returned back... As mombasa will need to handle the export processing...

lets not forget that Nairobi and Eldoret already have an ICD as we speak Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority: Inland Container Depots The Nairobi ICD will increase its capacity from 180,000 TEU pa to 400,000(If I rem correctly), The Naivasha one will be much smaller, While for Kisumu it will be bigger because it will also handle for EA cargo.. Remeber after the new terminal in Mombasa was completed, Mombasa can now handle 1.75Million TEU pa so those ICD got nothing on Mombasa , they plan to add another terminal to increase the capacity of Mombasa to 2.5Million TEU pa!!!! KENYA’S INLAND CONTAINER DEPOT IN NAIROBI NEARING COMPLETION | Knowledge Bylanes Kenya

So while some jobs will move to Nairobi and Naivasha and Kisumu..... This will decongest the port of Mombasa.... The decongestion will mean the port of Mombasa will be relived thus making it faster and more efficient at clearing cargo from the port... This means more ships will be processed at any given time ....thus more workerd will be needed leading to a larger throughput making the port more competitive...in the end, more cargo will be offloaded at the port thus giving back the jobs....(Jobs stolen from other regional ports and also as a result of increased trade)


anyway, Japan is building a special economic zone in "Udongo mwekundu" costing 30 billion (and they said the 30 billion is just for basic infrastructure meaning the actual investment by private companies could excess over billion in dollars) So Mombasa will still be the main transport hub in the cargo business




KPA ICDs explanation ICD Nairobi

Wow! Thanks, that's quite some good read and well thought out analysis. I agree with you as far as export processing is concerned and the fact that we will see genesis of industrial parks operating next to geothermal power source and with SGR readily available to them.

But am having some doubts on importation, do we have enough market demand for shipping freight to warrant transfer of port services such CF to Naivasha. Am just thinking, a Ugandan or any other EA trader, would find it more easier and efficient to have imported cargo transported via SGR to Naivasha and be processed there. Now imagine, majority of hinterland and EA importers adopting this idea en-mas, wouldn't it render our Kenyan people in Mombasa jobless.

 

[Dhuks]

One type of jobs that will be lost?

 

[Quickly]

Hebu Quickly give me your unbiased analysis on usefulness of dry port in Naivasha and its importance to both macro and micro economics of the country. I was celebrating the initiative until CORD/NASA came up with claims that it's meant to steal business from port of Mombasa and hence rendering so many Kenyans jobless.
This scared me, I always shudder and get jittery at every initiative or anything that can increase the already alarming unemployment rate in our country.

I typed a response yesterday like immediately on this JF app, then when i tried to edit it mysteriously deleted it. Only noticed this morning.
Anyways, we should approach this thing with our thinking caps on. The purpose of any dry port is to decongest the sea port. If you've ever been to Kilindini, you will realise that the sheer level of buffoonery and ineptitude along with lackadaisical attitude by some customs agents (some looking for you know what if you want your goods cleared upesi haraka) , is nowhere near the much talked about improvements in service delivery. They are also very resistant to the automation and computerisation of services. All this leads to massive pile ups. The cost of petty corruption is higher than you think, spare a thought for the end user who has to pay for it.
The location of Naivasha doesnt make sense at all. Nakuru perhaps,but not Naivasha. The dry port makes sense when its near its customer bases, hence Nairobi would be an automatic shoo in choice. In fact, considering that the vast number of importers of goods are from Nairobi would make it an automatic choice. I wouldnt want to drive to Naivasha every time my consignment arrives, makes no sense, i would just be further damaging the roads. Nakuru should have a smaller one too to serve the portion of populated kenya with significant number of entities engaged in import/export businesses, so it should serve akina eldoret,kericho,narok,and elsewhere within the former Rift valley.
And finally a series of smaller ones at Kisumu, Busia, and Malaba. The locations at Busia and Malaba should be self evident: to serve the hinterland countries. The kisumu one should also be developed as soon as a serious upgrade of the port comes into play. It will serve Uganda mighty efficiently. A serious transport boat can cruise Kisumu - Kampala in 2 hours, a passenger boat in even less. Once the govt sees the importance of water transport, kisumu will boom because transpirtation hubs across the world are always boom cities- Dubai, panama city, Frankfurt am Main..I have seen documents and studies/feasibility reports on the water transport sector in kenya and it makes for sad reading. But, then si we know, a humble report can always be taken and twisted till a political angle is evident, so unless i hear what the Nasa guys are criticising , and consider their claims within the framework of some of those reports, then i reserve my comment.
And when they govt decides to make the serious modernisation of transport sector as glamorous as say,LAPPSET or SGR, then we are going to be stuck with the ridiculous situation where a container takes longer to travel from Mombasa port to Nairobi(i have been told its > 3 weeks in one horror story), than from the port of Osaka/Yokohama (about 10 days, give or take 2).