EAST AFRICA NEEDS A BETTER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM


Flying is still very expensive in Africa, at least in so many countries in Africa like East Africa, while in other country like India, is one of the largest cheap airlines ticket sellers not because they are so rich, is because that they have managed to raise a status of the middle class people. In a less than 100 to 200 km distance travel with planes, must not cost more 10 to 25 dollars. This helps the increasing of economical movements from one place to another, at the same more jobs for the low cost carriers without forgetting the increase in tourism.
Some travel by roads, well… this is also another problem for a country like Tanzania for example, the size of Tanzania alone is like if you take the size of Germany plus France and Belgium together, or take the size of Germany multiply times 5, I think you get the picture! If the roads are not good with lots holes and bumpy, plus the flying is too expensive, maybe Railways, the problems of the rails are big too, There are few rail tracks to provide the full services of transport to all people, due to the size of the country, it s impossible to reach everybody.

This makes impossible in so many projects which involve transportation, like medical cares around the rural areas, or building of new schools in a education matter, or even the whole governing is becoming more difficult.
Water ways are okay but not satisfying at all, if you want to travel to Zanzibar or Mafia or Pemba Islands upto Tanga, then its okay. After the incident of MV Bukoba sinking inside the great Lake Victoria, was a horror and a big mistrust in transportation.
Governments spend so much money in paying the politicians for doing so little work in the cabinet, while the other citizens of East African countries can not travel in a cheaper way plus long hours of being on the way, is one of the factor that increases accidents to so many!
We really hope that one day that East African countries will try to develop and become more high tech in transportation industry. The spending on constructions of roads or planes, can affordable if the Political leaders stand together and make it work.