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Rank: Member Joined: 1/15/2015 Posts: 681 Location: Kenya
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Hmh, not bad!
60% Learning, 30% synthesizing, 10% Debating
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/25/2008 Posts: 510
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 5/22/2016 Posts: 69 Location: Nairobi
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Little wonder that the vehicle has a cracked windscreen.
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/6/2010 Posts: 242
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Tanzania is also breaking ground for their SGR in Dar today , estimated speed is 160km / hr : http://www.ippmedia.com/...et-formal-launch-today.
What if M7 decides to connect Uganda's SGR to Tanzania's instead of Kenya's?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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What is the problem, "ours" is ending at Naivasha, at the 100K land "we" acquired from the Delamere...
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,980
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If there fares will cost that much, hard seats 600 standing 80 who will board those buses with cockroaches?  Voi station design is excellent   "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 1/20/2011 Posts: 1,820 Location: Nakuru
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murchr wrote:If there fares will cost that much, hard seats 600 standing 80 who will board those buses with cockroaches? Voi station design is excellent This is a wake up call for people who call themselves city planners, quantity surveyors, architects and what not. You don't have to design spaces and buildings shoddily just because the town in question is Voi. Its about time far flung towns (who still have space) redesigned/rebuilt their town plans with proper avenues and streets. If you are not catching my drift visit Voi town, or Machakos town, or Murang'a town or Nyeri town, or Kilifi town etc and see how disorganized these are and yet they are the future cities of Kenya Dumb money becomes dumb only when it listens to smart money
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 7/3/2007 Posts: 1,635
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Actually this would be a good idea, although more costly for Uganda. Rather than this petty one-up-manship we are engaged in, we should be racing to connect high grade rail networks to each of the East African countries and then to Central and West Africa. Imagine the boost to trade and other benefits such connectivity would create? "The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." (Niels Bohr)
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/22/2009 Posts: 2,449 Location: Africa
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/7/2007 Posts: 11,935 Location: Nairobi
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 that photography is world class. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 9/11/2015 Posts: 1,024
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Wakanyugi wrote:Actually this would be a good idea, although more costly for Uganda. Rather than this petty one-up-manship we are engaged in, we should be racing to connect high grade rail networks to each of the East African countries and then to Central and West Africa. Imagine the boost to trade and other benefits such connectivity would create? Boosting what trade, Wakanyugi, to central and west Africa?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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Rank: Member Joined: 12/27/2015 Posts: 130
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Njung'e wrote: that photography is world class. Enyewe the photography is world class, think he is using a drone. Then the terminus beautiful
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 5/5/2011 Posts: 1,059
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Even the Kenyan engines can hit 200kmh if you have seen the speedometer pictures, although from 160 to 200 the speedometer is red. To Each His Own
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/9/2009 Posts: 6,592 Location: Nairobi
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Kuingiza baridi nayo? Reality checking in now. Wasn't it obvious that the SGR was going to disrupt the cargo and human transport industry especially in the coast? Transport firm asks State not to subsidise new railwayRIP Modern Coast, Mash Poa… This is the Amount You’ll Pay for SGR Train To Mombasa
BBI will solve it :)
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/27/2012 Posts: 851 Location: Nairobi
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At such rates, will it make economic sense? If the Chinese company was recommending fares of about 4k, how then would an eighth (1/8) of that break-even, leave alone making some profit? After those six members, 'tutajua imetagia wapi'.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/9/2009 Posts: 6,592 Location: Nairobi
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mkeiy wrote:At such rates, will it make economic sense? If the Chinese company was recommending fares of about 4k, how then would an eighth (1/8) of that break-even, leave alone making some profit? After those six members, 'tutajua imetagia wapi'. It makes perfect marketing sense in marketing a new product or service. What they need if for customers using other modes to try it out and opt for it over what they are currently using. They therefore have to market it below the price of the other available alternatives, later they can increase the fares once they have people hooked in.
BBI will solve it :)
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2009 Posts: 26,330 Location: Masada
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It's so sad the enemy of Kenya,our motherland has decided to terminate the luxurious Nairobi-Mombasa Lunatic passenger train...but they will not win this. We will revive it this year! Portfolio: Sold
You know you've made it when you get a parking space for your yatcht.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2009 Posts: 26,330 Location: Masada
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Guys who want to travel to Mombasa in 4.5 hrs, what do u plan to do there with the 4hrs saved? While going for a vacation, the journey itself ought to be an experience, not only the destination should concern us. And that's why I will cherish the memory of the Lunatic Express, sleeping on those deep bunker-beds is not comparable to anything in this SGR. This SGR will sit you on some hard seats for a 6 hour ride, by the way the seats are three-times harder than those found on Chania Bus express plying the NBO-MBA route. The old leather seats in the Lunatic economy class were really made for a class, in fact those economy seats had lounge-standard cushioning...very deep and satisfying. We will bring back the Lunatic Express pax train even if it will e a weekly thing...We the Lunats will do!!! Portfolio: Sold
You know you've made it when you get a parking space for your yatcht.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 12/4/2009 Posts: 1,982 Location: matano manne
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Impunity wrote:Guys who want to travel to Mombasa in 4.5 hrs, what do u plan to do there with the 4hrs saved?
While going for a vacation, the journey itself ought to be an experience, not only the destination should concern us.
And that's why I will cherish the memory of the Lunatic Express, sleeping on those deep bunker-beds is not comparable to anything in this SGR.
This SGR will sit you on some hard seats for a 6 hour ride, by the way the seats are three-times harder than those found on Chania Bus express plying the NBO-MBA route.
The old leather seats in the Lunatic economy class were really made for a class, in fact those economy seats had lounge-standard cushioning...very deep and satisfying.
We will bring back the Lunatic Express pax train even if it will e a weekly thing...We the Lunats will do!!!
I feel you
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