Hapo sawa.
Chunga @Swenani asilete shida ukiitana'my fren'hapa.

why would anyone choose to go to Mombasa at 1200 for 8 hrs instead of 700 for 5hrs m-express?

@Masukuma, chills bana. Ni Madaraka Day.

Have people complained, or, are they highlighting some issue,PRICING? What's wrong with that?

If the king is naked, he ought to be told so.


Here is why. SGR-cargo-pricing

according to Business daily, a 20ft container @50k to ICD, then another 10k - 20k approx trucking to the door. Total=60k70k.Compare that to using road from Msa to your door(not beyond Nai) at 50k.

For a 40ft container weighing 29tons, going by Business daily, 7 Shs per ton per km. This container will cost me;
7shs*29ton*450km=91,350Shs to ICD.
add another 15k-20k to my door to make it 106k - 121k.

On the road, I get the same at 90k,to my door.
As I write this, I have one on the road from Msa, what would persuade me to use SGR?
Ama mambo ya economic sense tutupilie mbali?

I think the issue of 'pricing' should be debated on the angle of 'use' as opposed to 'the cost of building it'. The last one does not matter! The cost of use is a more 'useful' angle of debate but it's all up to customers! Si wache tuone kama watu hawatatumia reli kubeba mizigo! ukitaka kungoja mzigo itoke Mombasa by road - ni sawa! kuna wale watabeba na reli depending na ni nini hiyo inabebwa! wacha tuone!

lazy chaps letting a good project fail.if no prebooking how do they plan?hope Uhuru is following up his pet project after the launch