Africa njanji yatsala pang'ono kupita loco

Atapereka ma locomotive atatu atsopano a General Electric koyambirira kwa mwezi uno, mwa onse 20 omwe adalamulidwa, Rift Valley Railways (RVR) idatsimikiza dzulo kuti yapeza ngongole ya US $ 20 miliyoni kuchokera ku Standard Bank of South Africa ndi CFC Stanbic. Banki kuti amalize kulipira zoperekera ma locomotives atsopano, onse akuyenera kukhala atalowa nawo mu Epulo chaka chamawa. RVR yokha ilowetsa US $ 5 miliyoni kuchokera kuzinthu zamkati mu mgwirizano wogula womwe ndi woyamba kupanga ma locomoti atsopano m'zaka makumi angapo pambuyo poti omwe kale anali oyendetsa njanji a Kenya Railways ndi Uganda Railways alephera kukonza ndi kukweza katundu wofunikira.

Kuphatikizidwa ndi kukonzanso kwa ma locomotive akale pa msonkhano wa kampaniyo ku Nairobi, injini zatsopano 20 zidzawirikiza kawiri za sitima zapamtunda za Rift Valley Railways, ndikupanga mphamvu zowonjezera zofunika kwambiri za masitima pakati pa doko la Indian Ocean ku Mombasa, Nairobi, ndi Kampala.

Kampaniyo idatsimikiziranso kuti kukonzanso ngolo zomwe zikupitilira zidzawonjezeranso kuchuluka kwa ngolo zomwe zilipo pafupifupi 2,400 zamitundu yosiyanasiyana pofika pakati pa chaka chamawa, ndikulola masitima ambiri okhala ndi katundu wokwera kuti akwaniritse ma voliyumu omwe akukula ndi kutumiza kunja kwa mayiko onsewa.

Izi zitha kuyika RVR pamalo abwino kwambiri poyerekeza ndi njanji yatsopano yomwe yakonzedwa yomwe ndi projekiti ya madola mabiliyoni ambiri aku US yomwe ikufuna kulumikiza Mombasa, kudzera ku Nairobi ndi Kampala ndi Kigali. Ma pundits akutsutsa kale kuti mtengo wa njanji yatsopanoyi upangitsa kuti mitengo yonyamula katundu ikhale yokwera kwambiri poyerekeza ndi njanji yopapatiza yomwe ilipo komanso kuti ngakhale pali katundu wotsimikizika wofika padoko la Mombasa, zolipiritsa zitha kukhala zambiri. apamwamba ndipo angafunikire kuthandizidwa kwa zaka zikubwerazi.