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

The way forward Investing in the Air Transport Industry in Tanzania.



Airports in Tanzania play an important part in the country’s transport infrastructure. In addition to providing international gateways, airports have historically been used in domestic traffic and have been indispensable for pioneering development opportunities in remote rural areas. Overall, the country has 368 airports with the Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA) responsible for 58 airports on the mainland.The majority of the airports are private airfields owned by mining companies and tour operators. 




Tanzania has 4 international airports located in Dar es Salaam (JNIA), Zanzibar (ZIA), Kilimanjaro (KIA), and Mwanza (MWZ). The government through the Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA) and Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) has implemented a number of development projects which are designed to further modernize the airports, particularly: JNIA, KIA, and ZIA.

At present, there are over 3 million air passengers a year of which approximately 48% are International and 52% domestic. The international passengers are concentrated at 4 airports: Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar, and Arusha while the bulk of domestic passengers also use these airports plus Mwanza. The majority of other airports cater to the small volume of passengers. Of the 56 airports listed in TAA statistics, only15 had an annual throughput of around 2,500 passengers in 2011. For the sector as a whole, the forecasts indicate that the number of air passengers was expected to increase at about 10.9% a year up to 2016 using 2011 as the base year. This growth rate is in the same range as those predicted by the master plan pre-feasibility study. While the bulk of the passenger traffic uses JNIA in Dar es Salaam, the global growth takes into account the small traffic volumes of most airports. The key influence is the projected growth which was anticipated to increase by 12% a year with passenger throughput increasing from 1.8 million in 2011 to 3.2 million by 2016. This forecast is broadly in line with historical growth from 2001 to 2010, which has realized an average growth of 13% a year in actual performance. 



Major Developments And Plans to Boost the Growth of Air Industry in Tanzania

• Establish a new airline to compete with existing service providers
• Building of hotels at an Airport-Mwalimu Nyerere International Airport, Mwanza and Arusha;
• Building Warehousing facilities including cold storages at Mwalimu Nyerere International Airport, Mwanza, and Kigoma
• Building a shopping complex at Mwalimu Nyerere International Airport and Mwanza Airport
• Building of hanger facilities at Mwalimu Nyerere International Airport, Mwanza, and Arusha Airports
• Extension of Terminal Building at Mwalimu Nyerere International Airport
• Development of EPZ at Mwalimu Nyerere International Airport, KIA, Mtwara, Kigoma and Mwanza Airports
• Construction of first and business class lounges at Mwalimu Nyerere International Airport
• Lease of the entire lake Manyara, Shinyanga and Moshi Airports for development of aviation related activities







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