TAZARA CEO - We need to revitalize the Railways swiftly
There is a need to create efficiencies in the railways by investing more in the sub-sector, to move cargo away from the roads and to reduce the cost of products, says TAZARA Managing Director and CEO, Eng. Bruno Ching’andu.
Speaking in an interview with a Spanish Film-Maker, Godacima Sl Film Production, in Dar es Salaam, Eng. Ching’andu observed that it would seem as though road transportation was currently more competitive when in fact it was just because the railways have become inefficient owing to limited investments.
Eng. Ching’andu observed that the roads were chocked, responsible for many fatalities and were not so friendly to the environment, compared to the railways, and the situation had resulted in the Governments of Tanzania and Zambia spending a lot of money on the perennial repair of roads.
He said that the bigger picture was to reduce the overall cost of transportation by revitalizing the railways and hastened to add, however, that it was gratifying to note that the two Heads of State for Tanzania and Zambia, the Excellencies Mrs. Samia Suluhu Hassan and Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, respectively, were committed to the revitalization of TAZARA.
“The future lies in revitalization because with that, the Authority would acquire more equipment, move more cargo, keep growing and reach break-even within three years. Given adequate investments and made more competitive, the railways would automatically move cargo away from roads and the situation would be totally different,” the CEO observed.
