Why are importers avoiding SGR yet it’s cheaper, faster and safer than than the trucks. Sahii I see wanapeana fake mombasa address
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Old habits die hard.
attempt at falsifying biz expenses.
Double handling costs and last mile shunting fees
Even a simple logic thinker would have known that usage of the SGR will be incremental.
Businessmen will take time to adjust, and the process will also take time to be smoothened.
Smuggler-in-chief @incognitus, kitunguu itaungua ama ama you are ahead of the game?
uliza @marine1
There was some Chinese guy in the eco-friendly bags business that told us he’d start doing this because of the SGR delays (I personally found it ironic that his government had encouraged him to invest in Kenya, but his business being screwed by SGR by his government).
Basically, his biggest complaint was that his goods had taken a shorter time to ship from China to Mombasa than they were taking in Mombasa to Nairobi. They’re basically being forced to use a service that is yet to be streamlined.
The passenger SGR was a hit from the get-go because of proper implementation and being cheaper. Bus companies were even afraid wamemaliswa. No one forced people to use the train, and the last mile connectivity doesn’t seem to dampen demand.
They should do the same with this. Make transporting your goods faster and cheaper on SGR freight than using trucks, and you won’t even need to force anyone. Otherwise itabaki kuwa cat and mouse. Changing address kwa KRA is not that hard, nor is renting a warehouse to make your address legit.
Hapo ndio shida from what I’ve heard. It’s actually much slower due to delays at the storage huko Mombasa.
SGR passenger service still has to compete with buses. Unlike the first few months, nowadays I can book a ticket to travel the following day and still find empty seats on the day of traveling.
Maybe at first it ran on hype. Ama ni coz it’s not convenient time-wise, you can’t travel at night for instance. On the Mombasa side I feel they should have a last mile sort of train to the CBD like Nairobi. And anyway, the buses are also probably not full, so it could be a demand issue. Hao ndio wanaweza kuwa na the data and what to improve on. But interfering with the free market because we paid money is throwing away good money after bad.
You should know why the KPA MD was replaced.
Shida si delay. Shida ni macho yote sasa iko ICD. Hizo contraband zote zinashikwa icd ingekuwa cfs hungesikia hiyo maneno.
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