So who did research and came back with statistics showing tribe x imports y amount of cargo?
A price for progress watu wana loose jobs to new technology all over… Mpaka bankers wana loose wira juu ya cloud computing most processes are automated.
I mentioned Kikuyu business-people because I know that for a good number of them, their businesses are predicated upon government patronage. therefore, the government can arm-twist them, and they won’t think of any other alternatives. plus kikuyu people seem to be very enthusiastic about the SGR. it is something they are proud of, and they would be only too happy to support it.
statistically, most of the cargo that is imported to nairobi belongs to the Kikuyu, indian and somali traders. a kamba trader may ocassionally import a truck of tyres, but that is only ocassionally. other tribes have big businesspeople here and there: a kisii mogul, a luhya magnate, a luo big-fish… but the tribes with a critical number of importers are kikuyu, indian and somali. it is said that (some of) the somali cargo comes covertly through the port of Kismayo. that leaves with kiuk and indian cargo. of the two, it is only the kikuyu who can be easily arm-twisted. if you push the indians too much, they cry to their international god-fathers, and you could be sanctioned…
Do you need a mathematician to do that?same as asking ukula Samaki na mjaluo nani atabomoa hiyo Samaki poa? You won’t need a dietician to give you answer to that
it is the jubilee agenda, of disempowering the people. they carry it out so slowly that you don’t notice. but the economic empowerment of the people, which had taken place under kibaki, will be slowly reversed – as we sing ‘kumira kumira’. people forget that although uhuru and kibaki are both kikuyu presidents, they stand for totally different agendas. kibaki, a commoner born of peasant parents, was out out the empower the masses. uhuru, a monarch, is out to disempower the masses, lest they become too strong and dismantle the kenyatta family quasi-monarchial system.
And this is what I was saying
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:D:D:D, ethnic patronage in business? Evidence is necessary @Meria Mata ni kweli you people are being helped by the government?
The things we read in this village. :D:D:D
well, my fren. the patronage happens in indirect ways. you won’t have the government saying 'come here, kikuyu people. we want to help you in business. what assistance do you want? yes, Njeri. Okay, noted. And you Kimani? Alright, we’ll get that done. yes, Njambi? Well, we’ll see to that…noooo!
It doesn’t happen that way. it is indirect. like where the folks get most of the tenders, and hence the capital they need for the business. or where the government creates virtual monopolies for the kikuyu businesspeople… and so on. it is a sophisticated system. if you are a simpleton, you can’t understand it. but at least, the kikuyu eat with the others. unlike the tigray in ethiopia.
:D:D:D, it’s a wide spread perception explaining why shiny eyes thrive in business.
In a few words it’s who you know and what you pay under the table
but you see, the in the transition from wagons to railways, there were no trucks.
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if the government keeps its promise of only taking 40% of the cargo by train, and leaving 60% to the roads, there will be something to be shared. But if, as they insist, all imports are to be cleared at nairobi ICD, there could be a few complications here and there. you don’t just take away people’s livelihoods like that.
Driving distance from Kampala to Dar es Salaam is 1680 kilometers (1044 miles).
Driving distance from Mombasa to Kampala is 1143 kilometers (704 miles).
Who will opt for a longer route, SGR could shorten and probably makes it cheaper.
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Economic sense, ata wadau have a loan to pay so it won’t be dirt cheap on their SGR
all things being constant, nobody would. but if we bring complications, people will shift. already, there are many kampala businesspeople using the port of Dar. a businessperson will pay a premium for convenience. now the conventional thinking was that the sgr would bring convenience. but it seems as if there are inherent logistical issues that make it inconvenient. that is why people aren’t using it, in spite of it being cheaper.
First of all, it has become even cheaper to transport by Rail.
Yesterday KPA lowered its tariffs on handling containers that choose to be transported by rail(only) to Sh12,240 ($120) as container handling charges for a 40-foot local container at the ICD, down from Sh16,014 ($157). On the other hand, the charge on a 40-foot container and 20-foot container in transit to another country has been reduced from Sh12,750 ($125) to Sh9,189 ($90) and from Sh8,670 ($85) to Sh6,120 ($60) respectively.
Those that go by truck pay extra as they use the old rates.Thus, there is ZERO reason as to why any importer should use a truck. The KPA and SGR charges are cheaper for rail!!
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/KPA-offers-shippers-cut-on-charges-to-boost-SGR/539546-4326938-ew76w7z/index.html
As for lying that Dar can ever compete with Mombasa, so long as Maghufuli is imposing VAT on transit cargo, that is never ever going to happen!!!Rwanda and Uganda have made a point of trying to avoid Dar as much as possible the past two years.
Beira can never serve East Africa!!!How??? That port can hardly match any modern port on the East African coast and also. IT IS TOO FAR!!!. Dar can serve Zambia better than Beira!!SMH.