If you went to school like I did, you'd know that forest fires play an important ecological role in forest ecosystems. They are a part of the forest ecosystem dynamics. You could start by reading the link below to educate yourself on some of these matters.

http://greentumble.com/t...rtance-of-forest-fires/[/quote]You got the tenda.

Well done. Two plots at Gṹkuhî perhaps?

@Hardwood,I like your comments on most issues.Very informative and supported by facts.You remind me of a man who used to be called @simonkabz but he disappeared from this republik.

Indeed.

[quote=Angelica _ann]Chinese loans for Mombasa to Malaba railway hit Sh1 trillion

Total Chinese loans to Kenya for the construction of the Mombasa to Malaba standard gauge railway will hit the Sh1 trillion mark after Exim Bank of China expressed interest in funding the third phase of the project.

The lender will pump in Sh490 billion to build the railway between Kisumu and Malaba to link Kenya and Uganda, bringing the total cost to Sh1.02 trillion.

This comes at a time when Kenya’s annual debt repayment is set to hit Sh618.5 billion next year, which will see the Treasury spend an estimated Sh40 out of every Sh100 collected from taxpayers on servicing the ballooning loans.

The bill represents a 38.5 per cent jump from Sh446.4 billion spent on public debt this year, compared to projected 12 per cent growth in tax collection; a key indicator of the country’s ability to repay.

The bank is already financing the first leg of the railway from Mombasa to Nairobi at a cost of Sh380 billion with completed work standing at over 90 per cent currently.

The second phase between Nairobi and Naivasha, a stretch of 120 kilometres, will cost Sh150 billion. The higher cost between Nairobi and Naivasha has been attributed to harsh terrain.

As a result, the cost of tunnels will take up 23 per cent of the total cost estimated at Sh18.2 billion. The tunnels will cut through Rift Valley escarpments, making design work more expensive.

Exim Bank will also fund construction of a modern Sh14 billion port on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kisumu as Kenya targets a bigger maritime trade stake with its land locked neighbours.


c&p
Four years ago, the Jubilee administration mesmerised Kenyans with fantastic images of mega-infrastructure, bullet trains and space age airports, iconic stadiums, bewildering interchanges and blooming deserts.

All these were a pretext for an unprecedented borrowing spree, and plunder, plunder that beggars belief.

They borrowed US$4 billion (Sh415 billion) to build a 500km single track railway with a maximum diesel-powered train speed of 120kph and 80kph for passenger and cargo trains, respectively.

For the same amount of money, Morocco has just completed Africa’s first high-speed rail, a 350 dual track railway (700km of rail) with a maximum speed of 320kph.

Upgrading the existing railway line would have achieved the same performance as the new Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)for a quarter of the cost.

The balance would have financed the new Lamu Port, a railway, a highway, and have enough left for one or two small projects.

Jubilee’s justification for the SGR was to decongest the Mombasa-Malaba highway.

Yet recently, the same administration has decided that it will transport crude oil from Turkana to Mombasa by road.

With two railways running parallel to each other, Jubilee is going to put more trucks on the road.


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Jubilee Screwed The Rift Valley Railways Investors

Sometimes back, RVR entered into an agreement through a Revised Deed of Amendment with the Kenian Government and M7.

This agreement covered planning, construction and operation of the Machizi Express and included offering RVR the opportunity to operate rolling stock on the Machizi Express line.

There was a mutually negotiated agreement for compensating RVR due to loss of business that would go to the Machizi Express.

This has not been mutually concluded six months or so to commencement of operations.

It turns out that RVR will not operate the Machizi Express but a Chinese firm, China Communications Construction Company is being considered.

This means Wanjiku may end up paying RVR for business lost to the Machizi Express as per the agreement The Government.

Minister Macharia justifies picking CCCC over RVR to ensure Accountability.

Link:

Wait until Guka wa vijṻti na Mṻgate wa Kumanyoko sees this.

All said and done, I hope this SGR project turns out to be as successful as the Thika road and bypass projects.
Our complains about the SGR project mirror those shared some years back about the construction of Thika road but when it was complete and in use, Kibaki turned from a corrupt crook to a hero. Ndii as usual led the complains informing us how a railway from Thika at a quarter of the price would have served even better. Anyway, I will hope for the best since this project cannot be reversed. Again, I hope you managed to acquire some speculation land around the stations cheaply too.

The track was elevated to prevent wild animals from trespassing on the tracks...Elephants are however domestic animals.

Tender ya electric fence nayo!

Tender tender....

I asked in this thread months ago why the track was elevated all the way from Mombasa to Nairobi but neanderthals could here non of it.
Chief neanderthal aka @Njunge and her deputy @washiku said it was elevated to enable the train manage the gradient smoothly...wah!

I said it it was elevated to prevent wild animals then it was a failure, I even put pictures of some Zebras crossing the completed sections of the line.

To me the line should have been fenced off with concrete barrier if at all they wanted to prevent wild animals and walevi.