Kenya 🇰🇪 Teachers Are The Most Well Paid In East Africa

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ANALYSIS By Dorris Otieno Kenyan teachers are not only the best paid in East Africa, but also earn almost 12 times more than the country's average pay, a comparative study by Nation Newsplex and the Institute of Economic Affairs reveals. Even as teachers go on strike for the 12th time since their first industrial action in 1962, the analysis, which compares teachers' salaries in Kenya with those of their peers in select African countries , also finds that the lowest-paid teacher in Kenya earns more than the highest-paid teacher in Uganda. Uganda and South Africa were chosen as countries against which to compare wages of teachers because they have the most up-to-date data against which the comparison could be made. While Tanzania was not included in the comparison because only average pay for the year 2011 was available, even its figures indicated that Kenyan teachers earn more than their Tanzanian counterparts. The highest paid Kenyan teacher earns almost 12 times more than the
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Investment Opportunities Available in Roads, And Railways Transport Industry in Tanzania

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Investment Opportunities Available in Roads:
 

•  Building road related infrastructure through Build Operate and Transfer (BOT)

•  Partnership among private operators to create medium-size commercial fleet
operators.

•  Establishment of the commuter city bus transportation companies.

•  Provision of infrastructure facilities in major cities like  Dar es  Salaam.  These 
Facilities may include  Parking,  Bus  Bays, and Shelters.

•  In an   endeavor to   promote PPPs in infrastructure     investment,     Tanzania   is  about  to  enact  a  legislation  which  will  provide  the  necessary  legislative  framework  for  toll  roads,  which  covers  the following areas:

•  Grant of concession to the private sector and the right to levy and collect user charges.

•  Specification of highway functions that need to be exercised by the concessionaire.

•  Toll setting and revision mechanism.

Investment Opportunities Available in Railways

The railways'   system has a   total track length of  3,676  km,  which is operated by two railway systems:  the  Tanzania  Railway  Limited (TRL)-2,706km and Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA)-970 km. The two systems interface at  Kidatu and at  Dar es  Salaam port. Together, the railways serve 18 of the 26 regions of Mainland Tanzania. They also serve neighboring countries of Zambia, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Malawi.


The system requires investment,  particularly the TRL network, to upgrade the network and improve operations in order to meet demand and to compete against road transportation.  Tanzania  Railways  Limited carried a  total of  237,000  tons of cargo in  2009 and a total of 285,000 passengers were transported in 2009.

•  Develop inland container depots and inter-modal container operations.

•  Specialized railway maintenance and construction.

•  Expand railway network through various schemes including  Build  Operate and  Transfer   (BOT),   Build   Own   Operate  Transfer (BOOT) etc.

•  Possible areas for   expansion are    Isaka-Kigali, Arusha – Musoma, Uvinza – Kasulu –  Magamo  (Burundi),  and  Mbamba  Bay  –  Mtwara

•  Own Locomotives and    rolling stock for   on account usage

•  Develop Inland Container Depots (ICD) and  International  Container  Operations 
(ICO)    at    Mwanza,    Kigoma,    Tabora,   Morogoro,    Arusha,    Tanga,    Shinyanga,    Dodoma, and Mpanda

•  The major area for   investment includes the construction of a railway line to link TAZARA  railway and  the mining  sites of  Mchuchuma coal and    Liganga iron    fields so as to export mines via Dar es Salaam port or Mtwara port. This project is under the Mtwara Development Corridor.

Location: Tanzania

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Gustave
Sep 2, 2017, 12:14:00 PM
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