World bank ranks: Kenya second on logistics

Quickly said:
Geza Ulole nakuhurumia siku zote. Hivi all that building of airports to fly whose national carrier??? Fast jet, hmmmmm????

This thread was about logistics Geza, stick to the point!!!
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I never take Geza seriously. He is like he is trying to prove a point.I wonder which and to who!?
 
Quickly said:
Geza Ulole nakuhurumia siku zote. Hivi all that building of airports to fly whose national carrier??? Fast jet, hmmmmm????

This thread was about logistics Geza, stick to the point!!!
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any airline registered in Tanzania sisi tuko na open airspace! ATCL is also being revived 2 new planes in September and third by end of this year and that is to go on for the next 5 years! 15 planes will be enough to give KQ the run for her money..
 
Geza Ulole said:
any airline registered in Tanzania sisi tuko na open airspace! ATCL is also being revived 2 new planes in September and third by end of this year and that is to go on for the next 5 years! 15 planes will be enough to give KQ the run for her money..
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Teh teh teh.... KQ has beaten older airlines, sembuse ATCL. Una vituko wewe. You really think that ATCL can beat KQ?????
Stick to the topic i.e logistics. Very key in any Industry e.g tourism, horticulture etc.
 
Geza Ulole said:
any airline registered in Tanzania sisi tuko na open airspace! ATCL is also being revived 2 new planes in September and third by end of this year and that is to go on for the next 5 years! 15 planes will be enough to give KQ the run for her money..
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Pwahaha! ....I told you I will look for a slot for you in stand up comedy. Look KQ is a huge even when it's making a manageable lose like now.Your ATCL will not even give a run for money to our internal companies like Fly540.ATCL will not be there in the first place.It is a pipe dream.Can bet on that!
 
i will remind u in the next three years!
 
New Dar airport terminal to generate at least 5,000 jobs
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According to the Minister for Works, Transport and Communication, Prof Makame Mbarawa, the new terminal will include shopping malls and several other business outlets offering plenty of job opportunities.

It will accommodate at least six million passengers per annum, compared to Terminal II currently in use which can handle between 1.5 and 2 million passengers per year.

“Upon completion, the facility will be 540 metres (just over half a kilometre) long horizontally, making it capable of dealing with 20 flights at a time,” the minister said.

Prof Mbarawa was speaking after inspecting both terminals during a tour of JNIA on Wednesday in order to acquaint himself with the challenges that passengers and staff have to deal with there.

The minister said the cost of construction for phases one and two of the Terminal III project amounted to 254 million euros, with the contractor having completed 45 per cent of the job so far.

According to Tanzania Airport Authority (TAA) acting director general George Sambali, about 20 per cent of all international traffic to and from Dar es Salaam currently passes through the Nairobi connection route, while the South African and Ethiopian connection routes cover 45 per cent of the traffic.

Once Terminal III is completed, there will be no need for such connection flights when travelling to or from Dar es Salaam, Sambali explained.

He elaborated on other TAA plans to improve the country’s airport network with the aim of helping boost trade with neighbouring countries.

The Songwe airport currently under construction will facilitate movement of goods to Eastern Congo and Malawi, while the planned expansion of Kigoma airport is expected to boost trade with Burundi and Rwanda, he explained.

At the same time, the expansion of Mwanza airport is now in progress to make it an aviation centre in the next few years, he added.

“When all these airports become fully operational, JNIA in Dar es Salaam will be a hub to facilitate flight connections within the country,” Sambali said.

Meanwhile, minister Mbarawa directed the Immigration Department, Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and National Microfinance Bank (NMB) to work closely together to facilitate a smoother issuance of visas to foreign passengers arriving at JNIA’s Terminal II.

He gave the directive after observing long queues of passengers waiting for visas at the terminal.

Depay
 
Visa processing ‘too slow’ at JNIA
ALVAR MWAKYUSA
14 July 2016



Minister for Works, Transport and Communications, Prof Makame Mbarawa


Minister for Works, Transport and Communications, Prof Makame Mbarawa


THE Minister for Works, Transport and Communications, Prof Makame Mbarawa, has directed responsible authorities at Terminal II of Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) to speed-up processing of visas to check delays in issuance of the permits for foreigners arriving at the airfield.

Prof Mbarawa made the directive in Dar es Salaam yesterday after a tour at the three terminals of the country’s main gateway for air transport. “It takes more than one hour for foreign passengers to process the visas and this is not healthy considering that some of them have travelled for long distances covering up to 18 hours,” the minister noted with concern.

The minister observed firsthand how the arrival lounge at Terminal II was crowded with passengers who were waiting for their entry permits to be processed. An official with the Immigration Department put the blame on the National Microfinance Bank (NMB) for the delays since it had only two bank clerks to receive payments for handing out the visas.

“We have six counters with immigration officers charged with the task but NMB has only two tellers,” the official informed the minister. However, Minister Mbarawa urged the responsible parties against trading blames and instead work jointly to address the challenge.

“All responsible parties including the Customs Department, the Immigration Department and the bank should chart out ways of solving the problem”, he instructed. The visit by Prof Mbarawa was also a follow-up on directives by President John Magufuli in May, this year, where he instructed that two security scanners at Terminal I which were defective should be fixed. “I have been informed that the machines have been fixed and now operating.

The other issue I was following up was theft of jet fuel which I was told it has been curbed,” he explained. On the other hand, Prof Mbarawa was delighted with the ongoing construction of Terminal III at JNIA, expressing optimism that the multi-million project will be completed by December, next year.


“The execution of the project is now at between 42 and 45 per cent, upon completion the new terminal will have the capacity to accommodate 21 planes at once including the largest passenger aircraft Airbus A 380,” the minister noted.


The Acting Director General of Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA), Engineer George Sambali, told journalists during the tour that 45 per cent of international air transport traffic from Tanzania is taken by other countries due to lack of modern airport and thriving national carrier.


“We would be able to capture the international traffic once Terminal III is completed and when Air Tanzania is patched-up,” he noted. Eng Sambali said plans were underway to upgrade other airstrips in the country to provide links to the JNIA from other countries in the region.

Regarding theft of jet fuel, the official said the airport authority had beefed up security through security camera to monitor movements of people in the airfield.

Visa processing ‘too slow’ at JNIA
 
Geza Ulole uko busy hapa na habari za airport, kumbuka ndege za ATCL hazipo. Tusubiri kwanza zije. Hizi post zako na logistics, wapi na wapi??
 
Ian Cruz said:
you are a dumb head geza......
Tz is not even recognized by CNN,,,,name them.Keep hiding your head in the sand babu mzee
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Ahaaa haaaa haaaa mental slavery at its highest making. By the way who is CNN?? By the way the CNN knows you at your negative side eg hotbed for terrorists, thieving, corruption, impunity, bandit economy and what have you.
 
Tanzania says secures $7.6 bln loan from China's Exim Bank for railway
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DAR ES SALAAM, July 20 (Reuters) - Tanzania has secured a $7.6 billion loan from China's Export-Import Bank to build a standard gauge railway, President John Magufuli's office said on Wednesday.

"The Export-Import Bank of China has agreed to provide a concessional loan of $7.6 billion to finance construction of a major standard gauge railway line, which will start in this financial year (2016/17), Magufuli's office said in a statement. (Reporting by Fumbuka Ng'wanakialala; Editing by George Obulutsa, editing by David Evans)

Tanzania says secures $7.6 bln loan from China's Exim Bank for railway | News by Country | Reuters

UPDATE 1-Tanzania gets $7.6 bln loan from China's Exim Bank for railway
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By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala

DAR ES SALAAM, July 20 (Reuters) - Tanzania has secured a $7.6 billion loan from China's Export-Import Bank (Exim) to build a railway line that will link it to its neighbours, President John Magufuli's office said on Wednesday.

Tanzania wants to profit from its long coastline and upgrade its rickety railways and roads to serve growing economies in the landlocked heart of Africa.

Magufuli's office said in a statement Exim had agreed to provide the concessional loan to finance construction of a major standard gauge railway line, which will start in this financial year.

The announcement follows talks between Magufuli and Exim Bank President Liu Liange in Tanzania's administrative capital Dodoma on Wednesday.

"The planned standard gauge railway line will improve regional trade links and help to boost the economies of Tanzania and its landlocked neighbours including Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)," the statement said.

Natural gas discoveries in Tanzania and oil finds in Kenya and Uganda have turned East Africa into an exploration hotspot for oil firms but transport infrastructure in those countries has suffered from decades of neglect and under-investment.

Tanzania said last year it had awarded contracts to Chinese firms to build new railway lines, expanding Beijing's presence in East Africa's second-biggest economy.

In 2014 it signed an agreement with China Merchant Holding International to build a mega port and economic zone at Bagamoyo that is expected to cost at least $10 billion.

Exim Bank is also financing a $1.2 billion, 532 km (330 mile) natural gas pipeline in Tanzania.

Tanzania's finance and planning ministry said in a separate statement on Wednesday the country had secured a $200 million loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to finance transport infrastructure projects. (Reporting by Fumbuka Ng'wanakialala; Editing by George Obulutsa and Susan Thomas)
UPDATE 1-Tanzania gets $7.6 bln loan from China's Exim Bank for railway | News by Country | Reuters


President JPM and China's Exim Bank President in Chamwino Statehouse Dodoma.


High delegation meeting btn Tanzanian Government and Exim Bank team plus China diplomats in Tanzania.


Never seen JPM in such a jovial mood!


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Group picture of the participants of the meeting.


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Kwa speed hii sidhani kama Kenya wataona kitu Bagamoyo port is next!
 
Posted on Wednesday, 20 July 2016 15:14
Uganda defends decision to abandon Kenya for Tanzania in oil pipeline construction
By Godfrey Olukya
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The government of Uganda defended its decision to construct an oil pipe line through Tanzania, breaking its silence on why it had abandoned an earlier plan to build it through Kenya.


Ugandan legislators on Tuesday questioned why government had abandoned an earlier plan to construct the oil pipeline from Lake Albert to Kenya's Lamu Port.

The government changed to Tanzania because it's cheaper than using Kenya's route to Lamu Port

The pipeline will now be built through Tanzania'a Tanga Port.

"The government changed to Tanzania because it's cheaper than using Kenya's route to Lamu Port," Dozith Abeinomugisha, the assistant commissioner in charge of oil refinery in the Energy ministry, said.

Abeinomugisha said the Kenyan route would delay the project, as it lacks existing roads coupled with the fact that it is always affected by monsoon winds for up to three months annually.

The 1,400km pipeline will connect Uganda's western region, near Hoima – where big oil reserves have been discovered – with Tanzania's port of Tanga.

The project is expected to cost about $4 billion and create 15,000 jobs.



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At 1 point, you guys are largely ridiculing Kenya for taking loans, now you are praising Tanzania for doing the exact same thing.
 
Livale said:
At 1 point, you guys are largely ridiculing Kenya for taking loans, now you are praising Tanzania for doing the exact same thing.
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The good thing is we are pretty sure of paying back as the distance between the landlocked countries and the cost is shorter via Tanzania something Kenya can not say about! If at all we r to have the two lines! I am 100% sure Tanzania line will pay back the loan faster than the Kenyan line be assured of that! With oil from Uganda going through Tanzania and Rwanda and Burundi opting for Tanzanian route, and with DRC being our natural customer! I don't see Kenya getting returns out of SRG knowing Tanga is for expansion while construction of Bagamoyo port is to kick start! The best thing would have been Kenya concentrating on South Sudan and Somalia but insecurity up North will mess up the infrastructure! Read once more about projects in 2017 in Bloomberg to know the SRG project in Kenya wasn't a good idea!
 
A one off loan of 760bn. That is a lot of money. I guess your SGR goes direct to the boarder with Rwanda.
 
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