THE government has said that due process was followed in tendering the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project from Tabora- Kigoma.
Deputy Minister for Works, Fred Mwakibete on Thursday said in Parliament that all the required procedures including consultations to ensure the right costs were followed.
https://dailynews.co.tz/tabora-kigoma-sgr-observed-procurement-rules/ Source
The Citizen: As a result of the crackdown Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) and Tanzania Government Flight Agency (TGFA) on Sunday, became the first casualties of the CAG report, after President Samia dissolved the TRC Board and sacked the flight agency’s Director General John Nzulule. https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/over-sh2-trillion-embezzled-in-2021-22-by-tanzania-govt-officials-says-tundu-lissu-4195346
According to the CAG, Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC) twice rejected the tender to purchase the locomotives and passenger couches from the lowest bidder … and instead made a non-competitive purchase of $478 million. The decision … cost the tax payer an additional $215 million (Sh507.4 billion). https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/president-samia-sacks-flight-agency-boss-dissolves-trc-board-4193738 (Monday, April 10, 2023)
On January 18, 2023, the Vice President of Tanzania Hon. Dr. Philip Isdor Mpango has laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Tabora-Isaka section of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). Located in the Shinyanga region, the section stretches for 165 km (130 km + 35 km of intersections. The construction of the sections, undertaken by the Turkish company Yapi Merkezi, will take 42 months and is expected to be completed in March 2026.
Read more at: https://www.tanzaniainvest.com/transport/sgr-tabora-isaka-construction-works-start?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=TanzaniaInvest%20Newsletter%20-%2013th%20February%202023&utm_medium=email
By Charles Makakala, JULY 21 2022
Will the SGR ever work?
https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/oped/trucks-and-tracks-will-tanzania-s-sgr-ever-work–3887506
By Hellen Nachilongo
The government of Tanzania has released Sh609.6billiion out of the total of Sh4. 6 trillion for the construction of the 368 km Railway in Tabora.
Tabora. The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) has announced that the Dar es Salaam – Morogoro Phase 1 of the Standard Gauge Railway will start operations at the end of this month (April) with the project almost complete.
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https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/tanzania-s-sgr-to-start-operations-by-end-of-april-2022-3779770
Citizen, Monday January 17 2022
Tanzania on Sunday signed a multimillion-dollar deal with neighbouring Burundi to build a Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) linking Gitega to the Indian Ocean.
The planned 282 kilometre SGR railway line will run from Uvinza in Tanzania’s Kigoma region to Gitega in Burundi.
https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/business/tanzania-burundi-sign-railway-deal-3685278