ʻElua pūʻulu nūhou i puka mai e pili ana i Rift Valley Railways, nā mea hoʻohana o ka ʻōnaehana kaʻa i kēia manawa ma Kenya a me Uganda ma lalo o kahi ʻae lōʻihi mai nā aupuni ʻelua.
ʻO ka hōʻea ʻana mai o kahi mīkini hoʻomalu track automated hou, kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo Ballast Tamper a me Ballast Profiler ma ke awa o Mombasa, i kūʻai ʻia ma ke kumukūʻai o 3 billion Uganda shillings a i ʻole ʻoi aku ma mua o US $1.25 miliona mau mea like i hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia i ka lā ma mua o nehinei. ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā mea hana mai ka moku a i uka a kau ʻia ma luna o nā alahao ma ke awa. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻihoʻi i ke ala i ka wikiwiki o 1 kilomita i kēlā me kēia hola, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā mika 40 i kēia manawa e nā hui hana maʻamau e hoʻohana ana i nā mea hana lima, ua manaʻo ʻia ka mīkini hou e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kūlana o ka ʻōnaehana holo holoʻokoʻa ma Kenya a ma Uganda. Ke aʻo ʻia nei nā limahana RVR i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mīkini ʻelua a ke manaʻo ʻia nei ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Malaki ma ka hope loa.
I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua kūkulu hou ʻia ʻo 70 mau kilomita ma ka Mombasa a hiki i Nairobi, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ala manual, ma kahi ākea i helu ʻia ma kahi o ʻelua hapakolu o nā lohi i loaʻa ma ke ala, ke ʻoki nei i ka manawa huakaʻi ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua e 6 mau hola. ʻO nā hoʻomaikaʻi hou aʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻāpana mai Nairobi a hiki i ka palena ʻo Uganda a hiki i Kisumu e lawe mai i nā pōmaikaʻi like i nā mea lawe mai a me nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻohana ana i ka ʻōnaehana kaʻa no ka lawe ʻana i kā lākou waiwai.
ʻO Rift Valley Railways, ma kā lākou mau ʻōlelo ponoʻī, ua hoʻokō ʻo ia i nā kūlana o kā lākou ʻae ʻana a koho i kahi ʻāpana o ka hoʻokō ʻana ma hope o kekahi, e pale aku i nā nīnau e pili ana i kā lākou hana i ʻae ʻia i nā makahiki mua ma lalo o nā kūlana i ka wā ʻo Sheltam o Ua komo mau ʻo ʻApelika Hema ma mua o ka hoʻokuke ʻia ʻana i kahi hoʻoponopono hou ʻana.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka lua o ka nūhou e pili ana i kēlā me ka mea ʻelua o ka ʻoihana nui loa o ka hui, ʻo TransCentury, ka mea e paʻa ana ma kahi o 34 pakeneka o nā ʻāpana, ua hoʻolaha i ko lākou manaʻo i nehinei e "hoʻololi i ko lākou kūlana kuleana" i waiho ʻia me ka ʻole o nā manaʻo hou e hoʻomau. e wehe ana i ka nīnau nui inā ʻo ia ka hoʻāʻo e hoʻonui a hoʻemi paha i kā lākou paʻa. Ke pāʻani pololei nei kēia ʻano pāʻani koho i ka lima o ka poʻe makemake e hoʻopau i ka ʻae ʻana o ka ʻoihana a ke kali wale nei i ke kumu kūpono e hoʻokō ai i kā lākou papahana, ʻoiai ʻo ke ala kaʻa maʻamau hou e piʻi mai ana a ʻike ʻia ke ana haiki e kū nei. ma ke ʻano he "spoiler," hiki ke hana ma ke kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia ka wikiwiki i ka manawa e mākaukau ai ke alahao hou.
ʻO nā paio kuleana i hoʻopiʻi nui ʻia i nā makahiki mua o ka ʻae ʻana i kaohi ʻana i ka hui e hoʻokō i nā pahuhopu hoʻopukapuka, nā pahu pahu ukana, nā pahuhopu wikiwiki a me ka hilinaʻi a me nā pahuhopu hoʻoponopono laina, e koi ana i nā kelepona i ka manawa e hoʻopau i ka ʻae, ma mua o kēlā Ua hele mai ka ʻoihana hoʻopukapuka ʻo Citadel o ʻAigupita, ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka hoʻokele hou mai Brazil a hoʻomaka i ka huli ʻana ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana ma lalo o ka hoʻokele Kenyan.
Ma waho aʻe o nā lawelawe ukana maʻamau, i ka hopena o ka makahiki i hala aku nei i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Gulu ma Northern Uganda ma hope o ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i ka laina kaʻaahi ma hope o 2 mau makahiki o ka pala, e hana pū ana ʻo RVR i 3 mau lawelawe kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa ma waena o Nairobi a me Mombasa a me ka hope.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- This sort of guessing game plays directly into the hands of those wanting to cancel the company's concession and who are just waiting for the right reason to push their agenda through, especially as the new standard gauge railway is coming up and the narrow gauge existing railway seen as a potential “spoiler,” able to operate at substantially lower cost and largely improved speeds at the time when the new railway will finally be ready.
- ʻO nā paio kuleana i hoʻopiʻi nui ʻia i nā makahiki mua o ka ʻae ʻana i kaohi ʻana i ka hui e hoʻokō i nā pahuhopu hoʻopukapuka, nā pahu pahu ukana, nā pahuhopu wikiwiki a me ka hilinaʻi a me nā pahuhopu hoʻoponopono laina, e koi ana i nā kelepona i ka manawa e hoʻopau i ka ʻae, ma mua o kēlā Ua hele mai ka ʻoihana hoʻopukapuka ʻo Citadel o ʻAigupita, ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka hoʻokele hou mai Brazil a hoʻomaka i ka huli ʻana ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana ma lalo o ka hoʻokele Kenyan.
- Able to restore the track at a speed of 1 kilometer per hour, compared to the current 40 meters by regular work gangs using manual tools, the new machinery is expected to progressively improve the condition of the entire track system in Kenya and in Uganda.
